Purpose of This Guidebook

This guidebook will assist you in managing your employment experience and learning about your work environment. Its tools, tips, and strategies will help you adapt, manage your work performance, and begin to think about job and career advancement. Fresh Start will help you recognize the importance of being accountable for your performance and for the results you achieve. Accountability requires understanding what is expected and then developing the necessary skills and behaviors to do what is expected. This guidebook will help you understand that you are accountable for the quality and quantity of your work and the way you do your work. Remember, poor results are hard to hide.

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Date Published: October 2002
 

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In an era when financial security during retirement depends largely on personal savings and investments, African American and Hispanic employees of companies that offer 401(k) plans risk financial insecurity during their "golden years." Compared to Asian and white employees, African American and Hispanic workers are less likely to participate in 401(k) plans, and when they participate they are likely to contribute less; they also are more likely to deplete their savings by taking loans and withdrawals from their accounts. The report 401(k) Plans in Living Color: A Study of 401(k) Savings Disparities Across Racial and Ethnic Groups--The Ariel/Hewitt Study features details about these savings disparities, based on information collected for 2007 for nearly three million employees of 57 of the largest U.S. companies across a variety of industries and sectors. Recommendations to narrow the savings disparities are provided in the report as well.

This study was conducted by the Ariel Education Initiative (the nonprofit affiliate of Ariel Investments) and Hewitt Associates (a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company), in collaboration with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the National Council of La Raza, the National Urban League, the Chicago Urban League, and the Raben Group.

Examines how three of the largest federal programs for workforce training and job placement are affecting racial and ethnic disparities in today's labor market. Conrad finds that the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service, the Workforce Investment Act, and the Adult and WIA Dislocated Workers program have a mixed record in their impact on black and Latino workers in particular. She attributes this to race-indifference in the design and operation of these programs. Concludes with a set of recommendations for making these systems work better for all job seekers.

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Date Published: May 2005
 

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Examines the black share of high-tech employment in the 25 U.S. cities with the largest African American populations in order to identify explanations other than geographical location for the underrepresentation of blacks in high-tech jobs. Through an analysis of high-tech employment trends between 1990 and 2000, both by occupation and by industry, Conrad finds that blacks are consistently underrepresented in high-tech jobs, those requiring a doctorate or bachelor's degree, as well as those that require an associate degree. She discusses various factors contributing to black underrepresentation in high-tech employment, and concludes that education, while not the sole contributing factor, must be part of any strategy to address this underrepresentation. Conrad provides an overview of education policies designed to address the need for greater black representation in the pool of workers with science and engineering training.

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Date Published: December 2005
 

This manual aims to assist workforce development professionals in the assessment and management of cultural competence within their programs. It also aims to aid them assessing prospective employers to ensure effective job-placement relationships and comfortable environments where employees can best succeed.

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Date Published: June 2002

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Men of color face many challenges in achieving and maintaining good health. Their social circumstances and cultural norms, as well as the larger society’s discriminatory treatment of them, often engender in these men unhealthful responses. When social circumstances include poverty, limited education, and scarce employment opportunities, the impact on health can be especially harmful. This brief provides an overview of factors that influence the health and longevity of men of color in the United States, and makes policy recommendations for improving their health status.

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