Career & Recruitment

The Rising Trend of Women Entrepreneurship in Healthcare and the Impact on Healthcare Accessibility

May 15, 2023

Image Description: Three women sit together on a couch, reviewing and discussing written reports. By Marion Davis In the US, women entrepreneurship has increased drastically in the past few years from 28 percent in 2019 to 49 percent in 2021. Part of this boom of women entrepreneurs has been an increase in disabled women founders in healthcare. Anecdotal evidence appears to indicate that women are more in touch...

The Opportunity Cost of Undoing DEI During the Current Tech Layoffs

Apr 13, 2023

Image Description: A woman sits at the end of a long table wearing a fitted blazer, her back to the camera. Her straight dark hair is pulled back tightly into a short ponytail. She looks down the table toward her colleagues who are distantly seated and out of focus. By Marion Davis As the tech layoffs in Silicon Valley continue to increase in number, many individuals may find it difficult to look past the immediate...

How the Silicon Valley Tech Layoffs Are Affecting Minority Professionals

Mar 09, 2023

Image Description: An aerial shot of Apple Park shows the circular building in the dim light of the bright pinks and blues of an overcast day in Silicon Valley. By Marion Davis As of March 2023, announcement after announcement of more tech company layoffs in Silicon Valley fills the news headlines. A live tracker indicates that the current count already for the year is 123,882 employees laid off from 454 tech...

Creating Accessibility during the Remote Interview Process

Feb 17, 2023

Image Description: A young woman with pale skin and short dark bobbed hair wears a gray cardigan. She sits in a stool at the counter in a dark kitchen with her head cupped in her left hand. She is smiling as she converses with someone via her gray laptop that is open before her on the high-top counter. By Marion Davis With the pandemic came a surge in remote interviews. As of 2022, many reports have declared that the remote format...

Improve Patient Outcomes with a Diverse Nursing Workforce

Jan 23, 2023

The question of how to improve patient outcomes is prevalent within many healthcare organizations. Lower nurse-to-patient ratios, better technology in the workplace, and higher salaries for healthcare workers–there are many suggestions for this highly nuanced topic. However, one contributing factor to patient outcomes is often overlooked: diversity numbers within the nursing workforce. The Current Diversity Data on...

Creating Inclusive Holiday Celebrations in the Workplace

Dec 14, 2022

By Marion Davis December is upon us, and Western holidays appear as a constant theme. During this time of year, companies benefit from emphasizing inclusive holiday celebrations in the workplace. To foster a culture of belonging, organizations should always begin by asking instead of assuming which holidays employees observe or whether they observe any holidays at all. Managers can ask employees to provide individual...

Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace

Dec 05, 2022

By Marion Davis One consistent theme within creating an inclusive, diverse work environment is that employers can grow in awareness of the many ways to support workers. Mental health support in the workplace is a topic not only applicable to those employees with mental disorders but all employees experiencing stress due to the constant changes in today’s world. The Universal Benefits of Normalizing Mental Healthcare...

The Benefits of Belongingness in the Diverse Workplace

Oct 31, 2022

Keywords: belonging, belongingness By Marion Davis The topic of belongingness unites both employees and employers. A company culture that fosters belongingness is a predictor both of low employee burnout and of an increase of more than double in employee performance on the job. Within a workplace that strives for strength in diversity, simply hiring diversely is not enough. Are these organizations retaining...

Welcome Erin Leonard!

Oct 21, 2022

Erin Leonard Events is Committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion! At Erin Leonard Events, we believe in creating meaningful lasting connections through meaningful moments. We excel at planning events – from conferences to corporate retreats to galas and user-focused experiences like websites. We’re talented, solutions-oriented creatives that use strategic consulting and project management to plugin...

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