Double Outsiders: How Women of Color Can Succeed in Corporate America
Top 5 Reasons to BuyDouble Outsiders: How Women of Color Can Succeed in Corporate America1. You need strategies to deal with the challenges you're facing at work. Everyone faces challenges at work, but you would like some advice that's more targeted to your situation.Double Outsidersfocuses on the unique issues facing women of color and provides strategic insights from professional women, diversity experts and academics on handling these challenges.2. You're wondering if you're the only person experiencing certain difficulties in the workplace. Does it feel like you're the only one dealing with questions about your identity? Whether it's your hair or skin, your educational background or country of origin, women of color are always under the spotlight. This book helps you understand the root of these inquiries and provides some tips for handling the intrusions graciously.3. You're interested in recruiting and/or retaining diverse talent. If you're developing recruiting and retention initiatives that target women of color, you will benefit from the insights thatDouble Outsidersprovides into their challenges, and will be able to respond effectively to those issues when meeting with potential employees.4. You want to know more about women of color. Women of color are 30% of the U.S. female population with spending power of $1 trillion in 2008. They are among the fastest-growing demographics in corporate America. If you want to know more about this demographic--which includes women of African, Asian, Hispanic, Native American and Middle Eastern descent--Double Outsiderswill give you some insight into their identities, market power, and communities.5. You want your women's initiative to be more inclusive of women of color. Many women's initiatives assume that all women are facing the same challenges. This book will illuminate the experiences of women of color in the workplace. You'll see some similar experiences, but also some that are very different, and you'll be enabled to reach a broader base of women with your programming.