Despite lots of talk about making the federal workforce more reflective of the nation's diversity, it looks pretty much the same as it's been. The latest report from the
Office of Personnel Management shows women and minorities made modest gains, but some are calling those numbers "grim." Advocates note Latino representation has inched up 0.1 percent in four years to 8.1 percent of the federal workforce. Councils, tiger-teams and executive orders have all tried to encourage agencies to hire and retain more Latinos in hopes of catching up to the private sector. But this report is based on statistics that came out several months before agencies created diversity strategies.
If we hire based on race quotas instead of qualifications, capabilities and desire to work in the federal 'industry', we'll deserve what we get and overpay for.
ReplyDeleteThe diversity strategy needs to include a qualification component and the ability to hire based on qualifications if the right race person either doesn't apply or isn't qualified.
percentage of government workers who are black 18%, percentage of overall americans who are black, 12%. go figure!
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