Apple would do well to concentrate on intelligent and productive people. There are enough to go around.
Really? I thought that was part of the issue with the no poaching pact. Intelligent and productive employees are ALL working somewhere so you have to somehow find them, convince them and train them, only for them to get poached by some other company. It is not like driving down to Fry's Electronics and they are waiting outside like the day laborers waiting outside of Home Depot.
"Arguably, one of the most important ingredients for creative thinking is diversity. We all know that diverse teams produce more creative results than teams in which all members are from a similar background. Tests have shown that the one sure-fire way of improving your creativity is to move abroad. Not travel, but move. Living in a new culture, learning new ways of doing things and, in short, diversifying your life makes you more creative. That’s not surprising."
"Arguably, one of the most important ingredients for creative thinking is diversity. We all know that diverse teams produce more creative results than teams in which all members are from a similar background. Tests have shown that the one sure-fire way of improving your creativity is to move abroad. Not travel, but move. Living in a new culture, learning new ways of doing things and, in short, diversifying your life makes you more creative. That’s not surprising."
Apple didn't do too badly when it was Jobs and Woz (plus the other one). Did Jobs have a beard those days? If not, then one beard, two clean-shaven. Not bad.
"Arguably, one of the most important ingredients for creative thinking is diversity. We all know that diverse teams produce more creative results than teams in which all members are from a similar background. Tests have shown that the one sure-fire way of improving your creativity is to move abroad. Not travel, but move. Living in a new culture, learning new ways of doing things and, in short, diversifying your life makes you more creative. That’s not surprising."
Thanks. Anybody who's worked with or even just hung out with people of different cultures knows this is the truth, and worth going after for its own sake.
Within reason, though. Diversity is still secondary to talent in Apple's hiring policy, I'm sure.
All of the people added to the leadership page report directly to Cook so perhaps that's why Apple added them. The timing is interesting though. I don't see Bob Mansfield or sales leadership which also report directly to Cook. Wonder why they were left off. Also interesting is the technologies guy overseeing custom silicon design. Curious that he reports directly to Cook and not hardware engineering SVP Dan Riccio.
Apple would do well to concentrate on intelligent and productive people. There are enough to go around.
Really? I thought that was part of the issue with the no poaching pact. Intelligent and productive employees are ALL working somewhere so you have to somehow find them, convince them and train them, only for them to get poached by some other company. It is not like driving down to Fry's Electronics and they are waiting outside like the day laborers waiting outside of Home Depot.
Sounds as though you have a lot of experience waiting outside Home Depot; I'm not surprised.
People that don't get to play in the sand box usually have to cry baby their way into the sand box. Cook all the sudden isn't satisfied? Lol. Ok. Whatever. Bean counting lefties. Hire the most qualified and get over it.
Sounds as though you have a lot of experience waiting outside Home Depot; I'm not surprised.
You are right and I am not particularly proud of it, but I can't find any qualified workers anywhere else. I wish they had green cards and I would be perfectly willing to pay their Social Security and taxes but that is not easy to do since they are undocumented. I need stuff done on my house and that is about the only way to get it done right away because licensed contractors in SoCal are notoriously unreliable and they hire the same undocumented workers anyway.
The comparison to skilled data workers I made is based on my experience trying to find qualified employees for my software business.
Thanks. Anybody who's worked with or even just hung out with people of different cultures knows this is the truth, and worth going after for its own sake.
Within reason, though. Diversity is still secondary to talent in Apple's hiring policy, I'm sure.
No business is going to hire you for a job you are totally unqualified for.
You are right and I am not particularly proud of it, but I can't find any qualified workers anywhere else. I wish they had green cards and I would be perfectly willing to pay their Social Security and taxes but that is not easy to do since they are undocumented. I need stuff done on my house and that is about the only way to get it done right away because licensed contractors in SoCal are notoriously unreliable and they hire the same undocumented workers anyway.
The comparison to skilled data workers I made is based on my experience trying to find qualified employees for my software business.
Not being able to find or make qualified employees is a failure of leadership. You cant blame anyone else for that other than yourself.
If you cant find exactly what you consider qualified why not hire the most qualified person that is available to you who wants a shot. Sometimes you have to develop people who have potential... Oh wait that takes leadership nevermind.
Too many companies want ready made people but people who are already qualified for the job may want to grow past what they are already capable of. There has to be a way for them to grow.
Are there any left handed, transgendered midgets with red hair who are less than three feet tall working for Apple?
If not, then why the hell not?
As a representative for the organization that represents left handed, transgendered midgets with red hair who are less than three feet tall, I demand an immediate explanation from Apple as to why such horrible discrimination is still allowed to take place in the twenty first century. It is a complete travesty. Our organization and in fact our entire community will not stand for it any longer. Join me brothers and sisters as we have the power to change the world.
After consulting with my fellow colleague and race baiting friend, Jesse Jackson, my organization has now decided to shake you down Apple. You have hereby been warned.
Swarms of midgets will now picket and protest outside Apple headquarters 24-7, until our message gets across and until our human rights and dignity is respected.
We demand that there be at least one midget on the board of directors, and we also demand that at least 25% of all urinals in Apple facilities be lowered by no less than fourteen inches. There should also be at least one midget working in every single Apple retail store. That is just some of our demands. We will be monitoring future developments and we hope to see positive improvements when Apple releases their next diversity report.
Thank You.
You might get somewhere with these demands, since we're in a race to impress the Chinese.
However, they have a head start and even gave the theme park a rather sweet name: Kingdom of the Little People.
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Apple would do well to concentrate on intelligent and productive people. There are enough to go around.
Really? I thought that was part of the issue with the no poaching pact. Intelligent and productive employees are ALL working somewhere so you have to somehow find them, convince them and train them, only for them to get poached by some other company. It is not like driving down to Fry's Electronics and they are waiting outside like the day laborers waiting outside of Home Depot.
"Arguably, one of the most important ingredients for creative thinking is diversity. We all know that diverse teams produce more creative results than teams in which all members are from a similar background. Tests have shown that the one sure-fire way of improving your creativity is to move abroad. Not travel, but move. Living in a new culture, learning new ways of doing things and, in short, diversifying your life makes you more creative. That’s not surprising."
Apple didn't do too badly when it was Jobs and Woz (plus the other one). Did Jobs have a beard those days? If not, then one beard, two clean-shaven. Not bad.
Thanks. Anybody who's worked with or even just hung out with people of different cultures knows this is the truth, and worth going after for its own sake.
Within reason, though. Diversity is still secondary to talent in Apple's hiring policy, I'm sure.
I don't like the tone of most of the posts here, but I have to admit that they're funny.....
Tonist.
Just make sure they're not pear-shaped; they wouldn't fit in.
Sounds as though you have a lot of experience waiting outside Home Depot; I'm not surprised.
You're on the first step to enlightenment.
I'd be very happy to see apple import some Thai and Turkish woman. Why not go for the best instead of settling for less?
What about a half-Thai and half-Turkish two-for-one special?
You are right and I am not particularly proud of it, but I can't find any qualified workers anywhere else. I wish they had green cards and I would be perfectly willing to pay their Social Security and taxes but that is not easy to do since they are undocumented. I need stuff done on my house and that is about the only way to get it done right away because licensed contractors in SoCal are notoriously unreliable and they hire the same undocumented workers anyway.
The comparison to skilled data workers I made is based on my experience trying to find qualified employees for my software business.
Don't explode people! The black woman has worked at apple for over a decade.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/soprano
Thanks. Anybody who's worked with or even just hung out with people of different cultures knows this is the truth, and worth going after for its own sake.
Within reason, though. Diversity is still secondary to talent in Apple's hiring policy, I'm sure.
No business is going to hire you for a job you are totally unqualified for.
At the age of 72, no business is going to hire me for anything¡
If you cant find exactly what you consider qualified why not hire the most qualified person that is available to you who wants a shot. Sometimes you have to develop people who have potential... Oh wait that takes leadership nevermind.
Too many companies want ready made people but people who are already qualified for the job may want to grow past what they are already capable of. There has to be a way for them to grow.
You might get somewhere with these demands, since we're in a race to impress the Chinese.
However, they have a head start and even gave the theme park a rather sweet name: Kingdom of the Little People.
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