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Rochester Diversity Council
Corporate Office
1130 1/2 7th St NW, Ste 204
Rochester, MN 55901
507-282-9951
Hy-Vee Caters to Diverse Clientele
Hy-Vee/Barlow Plaza Store Director Offers Grocery List of Ideas for Reaching Out to Customers and Prospective Employees [and Optimizing Energy Resources] In early April -- just 'round the time when reports about home foreclosures and high food and gas prices continued to headline the daily news -- Michael Long, Hy-Vee's Barlow Plaza store director, announced a one-year, $4.5 million renovation for the venue. Read more |
Business Lunches for Diverse Appetites
The Top Ten Things to Consider When Planning a Business Lunch for Diverse Appetites Years ago in Minnesota, if you ordered ham sandwiches for everyone at your business lunch, you probably wouldn’t get any complaints. If you tried that today, any of your employees who are vegetarians, observant Muslims or Jews, or following a low-salt diet, would have to go hungry. So how can you ensure that everyone feels welcome and sated when you are planning a business lunch? Read more |
New Content Added to Diversity ToolkitThe need to bridge language barriers for immigrants is common knowledge. Increasing numbers of businesses are providing advertising, forms, and websites in multiple languages. Healthcare providers and schools hire interpreters to help them communicate. Companies with a high percentage of immigrant workers may offer English classes to help their employees become more productive and equip them for success. But what about nonverbal communication? Facial expressions, body language, and the unwritten rules for eye contact also vary across cultures. Even internationals with excellent English generally maintain the nonverbal cues of their home culture, cues that are used to convey understanding, disagreement, interest, anger, respect, and much more. The Diversity Council now provides resources to help you bridge the nonverbal communication gap. Read more |
FACTOIDBy 2030 there will be 35 million more jobs than people to fill them. 27% of Blacks, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans are actively seeking jobs vs. 19% of whites. Blacks, Latinos and Asians are earning degrees at a faster rate than they are growing in the population. Source: National Center for Education Statistics, cited in DiversityInc, April 2008. |