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Workplace Diversity Experts


Overview

Workplace Diversity Experts

Introduction

Workplace diversity experts review companies' hiring, retention, and management of employees and help them to implement and promote diversity and inclusion in workplaces. Workplace diversity experts may work in-house for companies in their human resources department. They may also work as diversity consultants, responsible for developing and maintaining their own client base. Approximately 165,200 human resources managers are employed in the U.S.

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Median Salary

$71,906

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Employment Prospects

Good

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Minimum Education Level

Bachelor's Degree


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Experience

Five or more years of related work experience


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Skills

Interpersonal
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Personality Traits

Social
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Earnings

Diversity specialists employed in the U.S. in June 2021 earned an average salary of $71,906, as reported by ZipRecruiter. Diversity managers employed in May 2021 averaged $123,234 per year, with salaries that ranged from $90,602 or less to $164,477 or more, according to Salary.com. Human resources managers earned a median salary of $121,220 in May 2020, according to the Department of Labor. The...

Work Environment

Workplace diversity experts work in corporate offices and from home offices. Much of their work day is spent reviewing and assessing companies' hiring, training, and management policies and practices. They also spend time communicating with and meeting with human resources staff and managers and employees from other departments. Workplace diversity experts normally work 40 hours per week, altho...

Outlook

The outlook for workplace diversity experts is bright for the near future. The public's attention on diversity and inclusion in the workplace has intensified in recent years, particularly because more people are able to share their employment experiences to broader audiences through the Internet and social media. Companies that have unfair and discriminatory employment practices are now called ...

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