Can’t Retain Diverse Employees? 3 Keys to Increasing Employee Retention and Nurturing Diversity in the Workplace

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 15, 2008

Companies that are good at hiring people of color should think about how they’re going to keep those diverse employees, says Carmen Van Kerckhove, who was recently featured in Crain’s New York Business’s special section on diversity in the workplace.

“Organizations have become better at recruiting people of color, but many are still doing a terrible job of when it comes to employee retention for diverse employees,” says Van Kerckhove, president of New Demographic (http://www.newdemographic.com), a consulting firm that specializes in diversity in the workplace.

According to Crain’s, New York is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country, yet many companies here are still doing a poor job when it comes to diversity in the workplace and employee retention. From the article (1):