Apple says it has increased diversity in its hiring

A number of recent developments – such as former Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao’s failed gender discrimination lawsuit against the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers – have prompted a growing number of technology companies to begin publicly reporting their efforts to hire more women and minority groups. One exception is Intel, which has been releasing diversity statistics for more than a decade.

As per the short-term, Hudnell said that the company exceeded its goal of 40 percent diversity hiring for the first part of this year with 43 percent of new hires being either female, African American, Hispanic or Native American.

Apple’s intentions with regard to this matter are revealed by Cook when he said in a statement “Diversity is critical to innovation, and it is essential to Apple’s future”. Anyway, you can check out the full diversity report here.

Women are also underpresented, especially among tech workers. Tim stated that nearly half of the hires this year have been females and people from underrepresented demographics and they are happy with the progress although much more needs to be done.

The number of white and Asian technical workers at Apple also increased, from 77 percent last year to 78 percent this year. When Twitter users were asked to respond on this matter, the replies received included usage of words like “dominance” and “aggression” required for the job role which have traditionally represented male characteristics.

Still, while not necessarily speaking about Intel or the other companies mentioned in this column, Rev. Jackson told USA Today last week that most companies “have been disappointingly slow” when it comes to improving diversity. “Blacks and Hispanics each make up under 10 percent of U.S. college grads and each collect fewer than 10 percent of degrees in CS majors”. Though it does seem to have a higher percentage of Hispanics (11 percent) and Blacks (8 percent) than some of the other large companies. Jesse Jackson, an acclaimed civil rights leader, has been joined by members of Congress and other critics for Silicon Valley corporations to build a more representative support for the population as a whole. He has even praised Intel and HP to take similar actions in promoting and practicing diversity.

In the U.S. alone, Apple has hired more than 2,200 African-American employees – 50 percent more than last year – and 2,700 Hispanic employees, a 66 percent increase over the previous year, he said.