Working Mother magazine has once again named General Mills one of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women.
Multicultural women are just 7 percent of the company's U.S. workforce, but they made up 18 percent of last year's salaried hires, 16 percent of management hires, and 23 percent of rehires. Nine out of ten multicultural women who work
at General Mills said the company supports diversity.
The company brings in executive coaches to work with high-performing Hispanic, African-American, and Asian managers. It also has a "co-mentoring" program that pairs senior executives with director-level women and people of color.
"If a woman of color has a thirst for learning and a focus on results, this is the place for her," Kelly Baker, General Mills' vice president for human resources, tells
Working Mother.Read the entire report
here.