Recent years have seen organizations focus their diversity efforts on recruiting, as high-level executives have come to see how diversity benefits the bottom line, and—perhaps even more importantly—is the right thing to do. But recruitment alone isn’t the answer. Recruiting and hiring are the first steps to developing a diverse workforce, but they won’t do much good without also focusing on retention.
Julia Kanouse, CEO of the Illinois Technology Association, understands the importance of retention and has some ideas to make it happen.
