Intel diversity statistics show slow pace of progress
43.1 per cent of its hires last year were either women or underrepresented minorities
Intel’s newly released diversity hiring statistics show just how difficult it is for even the most motivated company to make real, substantive change in its workforce.
Just over a year ago, Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich made a bold pledge: the company’s workforce would reach full representation of women and under-represented minorities by 2020.
Full representation would mean that Intel’s workforce in the United States would match the supply of skilled talent available for current roles, the company said. For example, the company calculates that while women make up 50 per cent of the US population, they make up 22.7 per cent of the labour force with the skills consistent with the technical positions Intel is trying to fill.
Intel reported on Tuesday that 43.1 per cent of its hires last year were either women or underrepresented minorities, surpassing its goal of 40 per cent, Danielle Brown, the company’s chief diversity officer, said.
Broken down, 35.5 per cent of Intel’s hires were women and 11.8 per cent were from underrepresented minorities, which in tech firms means African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans.
In 2016 the company’s goal is to retain its diverse employees, Brown said.