Intel is betting big on workforce diversity. The ;Santa Clara, California-based computer chip maker will double referral bonuses for employees who suggest women, minorities and veterans as job candidates, The Wall Street Journal ;reported. Employees who identify successful matches will receive up to $4,000. ; Intel did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Like the majority of its Silicon Valley peers, Intel has a long way to go when it comes to its own employee demographics. Women make up 24 percent of the company, while black and Latino employees represent 3.5 percent and 8 percent of the entire workforce, respectively. Just over …
Intel is betting big on workforce diversity.
The ;Santa Clara, California-based computer chip maker will double referral bonuses for employees who suggest women, minorities and veterans as job candidates, The Wall Street Journal ;reported. Employees who identify successful matches will receive up to $4,000. ;
Intel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Like the majority of its Silicon Valley peers, Intel has a long way to go when it comes to its own employee demographics. Women make up 24 percent of the company, while black and Latino employees represent 3.5 percent and 8 percent of the entire workforce, respectively. Just over half of its employees are white, and around a third are Asian.
The percentage of women in computing jobs has been on the decline ;for the last two decades. Women hold 17 percent of the tech jobs at Google, and 15 percent at Facebook. Across the board, tech companies are becoming more proactive about hiring, and some are already seeing results. ThoughtWorks, a tech consulting firm based in Chicago, has nearly doubled ;the percentage of women in tech roles to 32 percent.
In January, Intel committed ;$300 million to ;improving its workforce diversity within five years. The initiative aims to attract more women and minorities to the field, and will support engineering scholarships and historically black universities.
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