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The media company identifies 177 African American directors at S&P 500 companies and reveals 75 companies with no African American representation among their boards of directors.
This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, Stephanie Chick, owner of the professional coaching firm Deliver The Package, shares how entrepreneurs can unleash their unique genius in order to more effectively lead their companies. Also: Veteran sports agent Bill Strickland; closing the Black Wealth Gap.
It’s another year and I’m sure a good number of you have been engaged in that annual ritual of making resolutions. Well, studies show that less than a quarter of us succeed in turning over a new leaf.
“The online job application process is inefficient,†insists Dalton. “Online job postings have destroyed the value of the résumé and forever ruined the old-fashioned mail-and-wait strategy.†He argues that while technology makes the process of looking for work easier, there are several reasons why the process actually makes it harder to get a job. For one, he says, few recruiters sift through the thousands of résumés they receive for any one job post. Instead, employers rely on referrals from company employees and professional colleagues because the quality of online applicants may be diluted and the number of people applying makes it hard for individuals to stand out.
