Workforce development organizations must recognize and value a diverse set of skills and abilities from their employees and job seekers and provide a workplace environment that is nurturing. CJC believes that creating a nurturing environment and addressing racial, ethnic, and other cultural issues, will lead to more productive workers and better opportunities and outcomes for job seekers.
This guide is provided to assist you as you begin to explore diversity training and pursue the building of a more culturally competent organization.
Ready? Set. Grow! A Starter's Guide for Becoming Culturally Competent
Contributing Organization(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Author(s)/Creator(s): Chicago Jobs Council
Publishing Date: 2004-09-01
Issue Areas: Employment and Labor; Race and Ethnicity
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Excellent list of print/online resources, well-cited
Posted by: stacykessler on Tue, 10 Jun 08 00:11:24 +0000
I found this guide to be clearly written, well-cited, and pretty concise. I was glad that cultural competency was treated as a desirable goal to be pro-actively aimed for, not as a defensive reaction to political correctness. I was also glad that the guide spent a good amount of time correcting misconceptions. I do wish this guide better addressed how to tailor their suggestions for different sizes/atmospheres of workforce development organizations, as it seems geared toward larger groups. I liked that there was a helpful graphic on diversity for visual learners, and the list of print and online resources was immensely useful.
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