Hi all — We’re currently looking for a DEI speaker to host a remote DEI workshop with our team. This is our first ever DEI workshop so goal is to have this be a bit starting intro for our employees.

Our team is <50 employees & based in the U.S. Given the size of our company, our max budget will likely be $2k. I’m not sure if anyone has any recommendations or know if this budget is realistic?

Just got an offer from another big 4 for a 50% increase in base.
Should I take it or stay where I am and keep pursuing an exit to Tech?
Will it be more difficult to exit if I take it?

Hi fishes🙌🏻 looking for a 1 or 2 bedroom to rent for 1 month (about nov 23 to dec23) - please dm me if you’re looking to sublet your space or if you have any leads! Appreciate it👏🏻

Tips to improve on IR (GMAT/EA)?

Hi everyone,
I was doing a brief overview of GMAT math, and I feel like I need to start studying math from ground 0. Can anyone provide and advice from personal experience, or from that of a friend? My goal is to get into a t-20 MBA program. Thank you in advance! Happy holidays

Let's start a new weekly thread: Pop in here every Wednesday to share events, shows, and activities that are happening this coming weekend!

My utilization went to 50 in IBM, I think I have taken paternal leave since it went down. My manager put my as PIP improvement goal in checkpoint.
Need to know how to bring this up and is that my job is under risk? Band 7b

I have 4k that won’t need soon and thinking about were to spend it on.
A. Student loans at 5%
B. Invest in stock market

Any A&M folks here? Wondering how benefits / 401k compare to Big 4

Any insight to PwC tuition reimbursement?

This is second time I got offer from CGI but now I have again a better opportunity. So if this time I reject will there be any problem for me in future?

Is there a way to transfer miles from Delta to Air France to upgrade current seat selections?

Can anyone share the questions PwC AC Kolkata will ask for interview in assurance for CA as A2/SA1?

What is the advantage of having a checking bank acct? I only have savings accts. Am I missing something?

Any thoughts on Warwick Business School MBA?

I am looking for job change. Currently working in Oracle as Lead web developer with 12 YOE and more than 10y of relevant experience in UI.

I am serving notice period. LWD is 14th Oct.

Skill set: HTML5, CSS3, JS, ReactJS, Webpack, Grunt, Puppeteer , Mocha, Chai, RTK.

Please refer to your organisation if you have any relevant openings

Soon to be graduating from an MBA, and won't be able to attend a graduation ceremony or grad party - is it something life changing that I'll be missing out on?

Hi - I am a career pivot from higher education into tech and have final round interviews for a DEI Coordinator role (which I'm super excited for). I am meeting with three people that I would be partnering with for the job and it was shared with me that these interviews will mainly be behavioral as well as questions on my technical skills. Does anyone have any resources to help me prepare for this? Anything is greatly appreciated!

Feeling very frustrated right now…company talks a big game about DEI internally, while requiring new hires to move to Texas/Arizona, while the company’s PAC donates to politicians pushing extremist, regressive, anti-woman and anti-LGBT laws

They want to encourage us to “bring our whole self to work” while putting us in situations where we can’t be our whole self.

Anyone else in a similar place, feeling discouraged? Any tips?

Does anyone have any metrics/ benchmarks they could share on diversity hires? We're putting goals together for 2023 and our senior leadership wants 30% of all candidates interviewed and hired to be gender or ethnic diverse.

What are some examples where you feel included at your organization?

Hey I have an large project idea but I am looking for a business partner who is interested in helping fund the project. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to find a business partner like that?

General question: Is there any room in corporate America for real, actionable DE&I discussions and initiatives? I've observed so many corporate versions become an advertising strategy (SM posts, diversity reports) without doing the actual work (increasing representation in senior leadership, salary analyses, having an effective reporting system for bias). Is this just how it is?

Definitely took the wrong job. I was offered a seriously competitive salary and great benefits to work at a well funded startup, which is great! Turns out the salary and benefits were meant as lowkey bribes to insure I worked at the company without actually doing any work. Every single suggestion I've made has been shut down and I've been ghosted for several meetings with the CEO. What should I do? Just leave?

Our team is about to recruit and we are trying to live our DEI values. Any tangible actions you can suggest to how we can widen our attractiveness to a more diverse candidates? Applies internally and externally. Thanks for any suggestions.

I am frustrated as a Gay Woman who has given her all for 30+ years grinding to be the best. I have been in closet, out of closet, in-between and am tired of it. I want to be VALUED as a human being. I have gone from Rock Star to problem when people "found out". I have trained and promoted hundreds of people and been passed over for promotions because of not being a man. I have trained men with less experience, worse results only for them to move forward. If Diversity is important...prove it!

I recently moved to Toronto from New Jersey. I’ve been applying with little success. I have a background in healthcare, non-profit, and public health. Any advice on what company I should apply to?

Do you think diversity training actually works? I can't tell if it's just a way to tick a liability box or if it's actually effective.

Question for everyone; what are some of the better job boards for underrepresented groups in tech? Non-traditional job boards that promote inclusivity and diversity hiring?

Working at a company and they can’t seem to hold on to their female, black and people of color employees. I blinked and 3 of the people who were in my onboarding class were either fired or they left. For context I’ve been in company less than a year and there are people who have been in the company 25yrs. I’m thinking of cutting loose before it gets to my turn.

In honor of National Voter Registration Day, The New Yorker released the transcript of a previously unpublished interview with James Baldwin, who gave a first-hand account of "Freedom Day 1963," a Black voter-registration drive in Selma, Alabama. Baldwin's descriptions from that day are so vivid and detailed that you can feel the fear and anger of the event. If you have a couple of minutes, I highly recommend you read it.

Anyone looking for a head of people specifically and start ups or small businesses?

Does anyone have a recommendation for a successful diversity focused job board?

What do you wish you knew before starting your career in Diversity & Inclusion?

Hey! I created a bowl for DEIB practitioners and employers/hiring managers who need contractors or candidates .

Does anyone have experience with starting a Business/Employee Resource Group? I would really like to start one for Middle Eastern and North Africans as my company does not have one. There are many discussions that could benefit others and opportunities for intersectionality here. TIA!