His first responsibility is putting together programs and processes to help the company recruit minorities. Second, and just as important in his view, is follow-through. In the past we would go out to all those great diversity events and get hundreds of good resumes. In fact, he's designing the process to run smoothly whether or not Randy Williams is there. Williams uses both people and technology to help locate candidates.
Any open position is, of course, entered in the staffing organization's computer system.
This network of more than eighty StorageTek employees, primarily minorities, branches out over e-mail to seek diverse candidates. Qualified people are referred directly to the supervisor who makes the hiring decision for the specific job. Since the recruiting tree was planted, StorageTek's overall minority population has grown by several percentage points. Williams also uses the Web. A study found that 50 percent of the minorities who use the Web will go to a minority website when looking for positions.