Module 2 – Case
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) & TRAINING
Assignment Overview
Many employers have discovered that equal employment opportunity (EEO) provides an organization with the opportunity to use the knowledge skills and abilities of all people resulting in a strategic competitive advantage. Over the years women have made more of a presence in the workforce. As a matter of fact women have nearly matched men in terms of workforce percentages with 53 percent of jobs filled by men and 47 percent by women. Women are also starting to take on top-level managerial roles in the workforce. There are currently many female CEOs (e.g. Marissa Mayer of Yahoo Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo or Andrea Jung of Avon). As the workforce becomes more diverse human resource professionals need to be aware of the fact that the selection and promotion criteria that employers use can discriminate against women and how women are facing different challenges in the workforce. One aspect of a thriving employment brand is the recruitment of women in the workforce.
Please begin by reading:
Frett D.L. (2010). Pay equity is good for business and good for working women. Retrieved on September 13 2014 from:http://help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Frett.pdf
Lockwood N. (2004). The glass ceiling: Domestic and international perspectives. Retrieved on September 13 2014 from:http://www.nawbola.org/images/glass_ceiling.pdf
Nino L. (2006). Women: Feminism sexuality and equality in the work place. Retrieved on September 13 2014 from:http://www.g-casa.com/download/Nino_Women_s_sexuality.pdf
Sloan Network. (2009). Questions and answers about women in the workforce: A Sloan Work and Family Research Network fact sheet. Retrieved on September 13 2014 from:http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/pdfs/womenwork.pdf
Then drawing on the material in the background readings and doing additional research please prepare a 4-5 page paper (not including the cover and reference pages) in which you:
Assignment Expectations
Your paper will be evaluated on the following points: