Thursday, March 12, 2020
7 Steps You Can Take to Promote Latinx Diversity in Your Workplace
7 Steps You Can Take to Promote Latinx Diversity in Your Workplace If youre a woman in the workforce, youre probably no stranger to the disparities that continue to exist across genders. White women leise make $0.85 for every dollar earned by men, and women as a whole occupy fewer leadership roles than their male counterparts.For working women of color, though, the statistics are departurelingly worse. Less than 7% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women and only 1 in 30 of those C-suite executives is a woman of color. If we continue moving at the rate we are today, Black and Latinx women will have to wait until 2119 and 2224, respectively, for equal pay.So, its time to change our pace and Multicultural Marketing Expert Yai Vargas has some ideas for how we can help accelerate equality. In a recent Vargas suggests you start by asking yourself What causes resonate with me? Is it politics? Is it immigration? Is it generational wealth building? Is it building communities of color? Is it represen tation on corporate boards? Is it paid equality? Is it starting new businesses?Defining your commitment to any one of these causes can serve as a starting point for establishing your allyship with a similar community of people.2. Then, educate yourself.Look for groups within your company or community that you can affiliate yourself with like ERGs or resource networks to get more insight, tools and resources, Vargas advises. You can start with the communities with which you identify (based on your gender, ethnicity, class, abilities, age, etc.). A deeper understanding of your place in the world and the issues facing those like you, she added, can serve as a reference point thatll allow you to empathize with diverse people in your work and home environments.3. Share your experience with others.Vargas says Whats really going to move the needle of us changing whats happening in society is for you to be able to share the challenges youre having or the challenges you hear about with all iesso that they know how to help us. So, share your experience, resources, connections and challenges with allies or others who can similarly relate.4. Celebrate Latinx achievements.Share the successes of people in Latinx communities with a simple post (or repost) on social media. This is an easy way to showcase Latinx achievements and can positively impact the landscape of Latinx people to the public eye.5. Become an ally.Vargas advice for effective allyship is simple Ask your employers about their ERGs and find out how you can get involved. You can join groups that resonate with you or position yourself as an ally by attending groups of other underrepresented identities. Many companies have diversity and inclusion initiatives and offer employee resource groups for people of color, veterans, LGBTQ+ individuals, etc.6. Share job opportunities with your diverse network.Help companies source diverse top talent by sharing career opportunities and company events on your professional acc ounts. A simple job posting or event flyer could get talented, capable Latinx professionals in front of hiring managers who may not have known how to access them otherwise.7. Join The Latinista group on Fairygodboss.Vargas, who founded The Latinista in 2012, is on a mission to help women invest in their career development through dynamic workshops. She has since expanded her reach to our community of career-minded women when we launched her FGB Groups this year. If you identify with the Latinx community or want to become a better ally, you can join the conversation, and together, we can lift as we climb.If you missed the webinar, you can check it out here .--Stephanie Nieves is the SEO Editorial Associate on the Fairygodboss team. Her words can also be found on Medium,PayScaleand The Muse.
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