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	What Is Your Stage of Identity Development? The Increasing Globalization of The Workplace by Sharon Cohen - Dec, 2009 Who are you? What is your Cultural Identity? What is your stage of Identity Development and how can this impact your career? How adept are you at working with diverse people and/or for a Global Employer? The workplace is increasingly global and diverse. Each of our job titles and ...
	Seek Employers That Understand Diversity as an Asset by Claudine Vainrub - Nov, 2008 Coming from Venezuela, a country where only a very small percentage of workers are non-immigrants, and little diversity discrimination is felt, we perceive drastic differences between the views of diversity and minorities in the U.S. and other countries in the world. Reality is that the...
	Want to Improve Your Employment Prospects? Learn a Second Language by Mary Gormandy White - Jun, 2007 As technology becomes more and more advanced, it seems like the world is getting smaller and smaller. The phrase “global economy” is mentioned in the media quite a bit, and it does accurately describe the 21st Century marketplace. Conducting business across international borders is becom...
	Lying on Your Resume Can Get You Fired by Claudine Vainrub - May, 2007 The recent case on MIT's Dean of Admissions resignation due to alleged "misrepresented" information on her résumé - 28 years ago - is confirmation once again of how important it is to portray accurate data in person and in writing. Companies can now verify your professional background, ev...
	Ready, Get Set, MOVE by Claudine Vainrub - Apr, 2007 Moving to a new country or city can be a daunting experience. With big changes in culture, lifestyle, support system, personal economics, among other things, we undertake a venture that will surely shake our ground, making us very vulnerable. There are some things we can do to make a s...
	Eyes on the Prize by Yvonne LaRose - Feb, 2007 Within the last month, Los Angeles has focused on no less than three race-based violence cases that involved minority youth as the perpetrators. As we approached the midpoint of February 2007, the City staged an unprecedented three-day international summit that included City legislators an...
	Mars and Venus in the Workplace: Gender Differences at Work by Janet Stoffer - Feb, 2007 Effective Communication – it’s tough to succeed in the workplace without it. But different people have different styles… Susan is a manager at a mid-sized manufacturing facility. One day, John, her boss, dropped by to visit her and witnessed the following exchange. Susan was talking ...
	Going Global: Are You Ready? by Dr. Maynard Brusman - Nov, 2006 The marketplace as well as the workplace is increasingly multicultural and diverse. Never before have people been required to work together with colleagues and customers from so many different countries and worldviews. More products and services are being consumed outside of their count...
	Appreciating the Landscape - Latin American Barrios by Yvonne LaRose - Nov, 2006 Was it yesterday or was it today? Probably the former. It was the day that I arrived at the Alvarado and Wilshire bus stop, peered across the street at the congested store front of the 99 Cents Store and determined that I should stop being angry about the nearly impossible to navigate thor...
	Corporate Culture Shock in America by Susan Davidson - Nov, 2006 Expatriates and foreign nationals who relocate to the United States to live and work often have mixed perceptions about this young nation. Those feelings are probably best described by the late Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde, who referred to America as “a land of unmatched vitality...
	The Irresolute American by Susan Davidson - Nov, 2006 American executives are aggressive, competitive, straighttalking, and don’t mince words when they say, “You’re fired!” At least that’s how they come across in the global marketplace. So it’s no wonder that foreign professionals who relocate to work in the United States expect to speak thei...
	A Business Case for Diversity Management--The Velcro-ing of America: Instant Teams, Long-term Challenges by Gladis Benavides - Apr, 2006 Building effective teams requires effective recruitment, hiring and the proper orientation of new employees. Equally important is the establishment, maintenance and continuous development of cohesive teams. Today’s labor pool and workforces are becoming increasingly more multi-cultural...
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