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Silicon Valley Tech Workforce Is Vastly Different From US, Say Feds (computerworld.com)
Reader dcblogs shares an article on Computer World: In recent years, major high-tech firms have started releasing workforce diversity data, along with a promise to improve. And there is much room for improvement, according to federal officials. Among the top 75 Silicon Valley tech firms, whites make up 47% of the workforce, Asian Americans 41%, Hispanics, 6% and African Americans 3%, according to an analysis by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Women account for 30% of the workforce at these 75 firms. The diversity makeup of these Silicon Valley high-tech firms is very different from the national employment picture. When compared to overall private industry employment, the tech sector nationally -- not just Silicon Valley -- employed a larger share of whites (63% to 68%), as well as a larger share of Asian Americans (6% to 14%) and a smaller share of African Americans (14% to 7%) and Hispanics (14% to 8%). Employers with a workforce greater than 100 file reports to the EEOC about their employees' race, color, gender and national origin. Nationally, 64% of the employees in high-tech are men versus 52% in the broader workforce. Women account for 36% of the tech workforce, versus comprising 48% of the broader workforce.
I guess we need more Asians in the national employment picture to bring them up to the level of Silicon Valley.
Why? Do more women and minorities want to work in tech, while simultaneously having the discipline and training to get there?
What else can happen when an unstoppable force collides with an immovable object?
that's crap.
you can't show the world what you can do if you never get HIRED.
dumb ass.
we are complaining about the lock-out. its one thing to get underpaid. its quite another to be denied work, time after time, because you are perceived as 'too expensive, we wont insult you with our offer'.
you may be lucky. I may be unlucky, but I know a lot of people like me who have also gone long periods of time without work. its not about ability and you can't compete if you are not given the job.
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It's based on EEO-1 filings, which just say "Asian". The use of "Asian-America" appears to be an error; all employees working in the US (not just citizens and permanent residents) are supposed to be included on those reports.