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Tech companies not hiring blacks despite ownership rates
AP ^ | May 3,2018 | JESSE J. HOLLAND

Posted on 05/03/2018 10:02:34 PM PDT by Hojczyk

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1 posted on 05/03/2018 10:02:34 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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We want tech companies to be color blind by hiring more black people.


2 posted on 05/03/2018 10:05:10 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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Only 50percent white...

The rest Chinese and Indian


3 posted on 05/03/2018 10:05:38 PM PDT by Hojczyk (e)
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When you start to see tech firms seriously engaging in affirmative action, SELL!


4 posted on 05/03/2018 10:07:14 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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What a moronic article.


5 posted on 05/03/2018 10:09:54 PM PDT by aquila48
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Which racial group has the least work ethic, the most excuses, the most grievances, and who, if you dare to terminate them, it will be a guaranteed lawsuit with settlements in the $million$? Hmmmm?

Sometimes, people just hurt their own chances. And you could never explain it to them so they’d understand.


6 posted on 05/03/2018 10:15:12 PM PDT by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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Maybe the companies want people with more than two functioning brain cells.


8 posted on 05/03/2018 10:18:47 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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Apples vs. Oranges


9 posted on 05/03/2018 10:19:06 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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Certainly a confused argument. A smartphone "owner" is an appliance operator. There is a chasm the size of the Grand Canyon between a user of smartphones and the engineering skills necessary to build the phones and web applications they consume. The latter group are top 10% college grads in computer science. To the extent that a black person falls in the elite group, they will likely have a shot at a technology job. My current project is web oriented and we have at least 4 black team members that I've met since starting the project last month. They are bright, top shelf performers.
10 posted on 05/03/2018 10:24:57 PM PDT by Myrddin
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Combined workforce of 42,000? Talk about profit. Not that I am against profit but I thought these brainiacs were bigger than that. They are faker than I thought. They are not gods, they can bleed.


11 posted on 05/03/2018 10:28:05 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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One still has to either be able to write code or content

Blame the twerp MZ


12 posted on 05/03/2018 10:31:18 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Many tech companies require drug testing as a prerequisite for hiring. Much of the work requires very precise processes and any drug use can cause costly errors.


13 posted on 05/03/2018 10:35:14 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Trump continues to have all the right enemies.)
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... unwarranted! ... and I’ve been around.


14 posted on 05/03/2018 10:37:16 PM PDT by dr_lew
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It's kind of hard for a smart black kid in a school with a lot of other blacks to get ahead when he is constantly bullied and beat up for "acting white" just because he wants to learn.

Because of this, there probably aren't that many blacks with the education to do the high tech jobs.

Until black society changes and rewards those who are ambitious and smart, this won't change.

15 posted on 05/03/2018 10:37:54 PM PDT by Mogger
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Tech job require demonstrable tech skills. Hardware and software don’t care what color you are.


16 posted on 05/03/2018 10:38:07 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Trump is making inroads to the black community. Black unemployment at historic lows. His approval is way up with black males. Kanye & Candace are opening the eyes of blacks.

Time for the LSM to trot out negative articles to try to drive down Trump’s numbers & create a wedge. More divisive “news” from the LSM.


17 posted on 05/03/2018 10:38:44 PM PDT by gubamyster
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Let’s be realistic....start with 16% of the population. How many want to go to college? How many of the group want to take engineering courses? Brings the pool down significantly


18 posted on 05/03/2018 10:44:00 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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I've talked to HR people from several companies, people I've known long enough that they don't BS me, about whether they're pressured to hire black folks or not. There answer is always something along the lines of, "Blacks from the US, Browns from India, what's the difference, they're 'persons of color' and that's all that matters, what you see when you look at group photos."

Somethin' tells me a lot of black folks are waking up to just how much the H1B scam screws them and not just the kids of well to do white folks.

JMHo

19 posted on 05/03/2018 10:47:46 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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Be qualified and act as though you are ready to work for that particular company. If you are not presently qualified, show that you are training or ready to be trained. Learn about where you are applying. Is it family owned? Is it a new company? Do not approach an interview with the attitude that ‘they’ owe you a job because you happen to want one that day. Do not talk negatively about a former employer.
Be as truthful as possible, but be clear and brief.

Act as though you are able to listen to others and learn without taking every correction as a personal slight. Act, dress and sound as though you want to be there, not as though you are job hunting to keep your unemployment bennies coming in.


20 posted on 05/03/2018 10:48:09 PM PDT by lee martell
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