Talent shortages are having a high impact on a company’s ability to meet their clients’ needs. One out of five employers in the EMEA region that are in need of additional talent agree with this statement. This is one of the eye-opening results from the 2013 Talent Shortage Survey conducted by the Manpower Group. Especially […]
For years, Sweden was considered to be a role model of a social state from a Diversity perspective. The government not only provided immense aids for families or young people, it also had a reputation for a very welcoming immigration policy. However,
Hotelbuchungen im Internet werden immer verbreiteter – auch bei älteren InternetnutzerInnen, wie aktuelle Auswertungen zeigen. Mittlerweile buchen rund 30% der älteren Internetnutzer ihren Urlaub online, und sind – wie andere UrlauberInnen – für Indikatoren dankbar, die im Dschungel der Angebote zu zielgruppe-spezifisch geeigneten Anbietern führen. Das Hotelportal HRS hat gemeinsam mit der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren-Organisationen […]
When the Human Rights Watch published their World Report 2013 drawing on events from the end of 2011 through November 2012, they detected great injustice and violent procedures, that were still undermining people’s rights. Improving fundamental rights and living conditions of ethnic and religious minorities is still an issue, for instance in Somalia or Iraq […]
Einfach „bunt“ – auf diese griffige Formel brachte Moderatorin Dunja Hayali die Beschreibung dessen, was Diversity für sie im Kern ausmacht. Deutlich mehr punktete sie beim Publikum der Verleihung des Deutschen Diversity Preises in Berlin mit ihrer Selbstbeschreibung eines „Migrationsvordergrundes“. Gekonnte Zuspitzung wie es sich für einen solchen Anlass gehört. Ein Anlass, der wohl vor […]
In the city of Herat, Western Afghanistan, the International Women’s Day 2013 was celebrated by a film festival with films from female directors or with gender themes. The film festival continued for 2 days (7th to 9th of March) during which 30 films were shown. The topics of the films also covered
This year, the Italian bank Unicredit was awarded four top recognitions, two second and three third ranks in the Italian “AIFIn Cerchio d’Oro dell’innovazione finanziaria”, an award organized by the Italian Financial Innovation Association with the aim to promote the role of innovation in banking, financial sectors, and insurance). Due to the fact that UniCredit […]
These are contra dictionary times: the labour market is tense, companies are struggling to find promising talents while at the same time unemployment rates are increasing. Nowadays, one in five young Europeans between 20-30 years are without a job. In countries like Spain and Greece even half of the young population is unemployed. Based on
Do Diversity programmes survive economic downturn? This is one interesting question that also leads to the question what happens to diversity target groups when times get tough? Current analysis show that economic crisis have a significant, negative impact on discrimination in the workplace ‘due to performance effects’. According to reports in the French newspaper ‘Le […]
Die Alterung der Bevölkerung ist seit dem Geburtenrückgang in den späten 1960er Jahren ein viel diskutiertes Thema, das weiterhin eine Bedrohung in einer Reihe von Wirtschaftsbereichen sein wird. Dass dieser Prozess des Alterns Anlass sein kann, neue Möglichkeiten zu schaffen war Schwerpunkt des vergangenen europäischen Jahres für aktives Altern und Solidarität zwischen den Generationen.
