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Apple, Intel cite gains in hiring women and minorities
Apple, Intel cite gains in hiring women and minoritiesBy Zach Miners
IDG News Service | Aug 14, 2015 4:41 AM PT
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Apple and Intel are both making progress in their efforts to hire more women and minorities, according to figures released by the companies this week.
In the first six months of the year, more than 43% of Intel's hires in the U.S. were women and minorities, up from 32% at the end of 2014, the company reported in its first mid-year diversity report.
At 43%, Intel said it was surpassing the 40% diversity hiring goal it set for itself for the full year.
Apple, meanwhile, boosted its hiring of women by 65% globally over the past year, to 11,000, the company said in its second annual report. ... Apple made gains particularly in the U.S., where nearly half of its hires since January were women, black, Hispanic, or Native American, the company said.
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Zach Miners covers social networking, search and general technology news for IDG News Service.
IDG News Service | Aug 14, 2015 4:41 AM PT
zach_miners@idg.com
@zachminers
Apple and Intel are both making progress in their efforts to hire more women and minorities, according to figures released by the companies this week.
In the first six months of the year, more than 43% of Intel's hires in the U.S. were women and minorities, up from 32% at the end of 2014, the company reported in its first mid-year diversity report.
At 43%, Intel said it was surpassing the 40% diversity hiring goal it set for itself for the full year.
Apple, meanwhile, boosted its hiring of women by 65% globally over the past year, to 11,000, the company said in its second annual report. ... Apple made gains particularly in the U.S., where nearly half of its hires since January were women, black, Hispanic, or Native American, the company said.
....
Zach Miners covers social networking, search and general technology news for IDG News Service.
Apple more than doubles hiring of women and minorities
By Brandon Bailey | AP August 13 at 8:07 PM
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple says it more than doubled the numbers of women, blacks and Hispanics hired in the last year, although that barely moved the needle in terms of improving the diversity of its total workforce.
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple says it more than doubled the numbers of women, blacks and Hispanics hired in the last year, although that barely moved the needle in terms of improving the diversity of its total workforce.