When I was doing some research about the glass ceiling I came across this article about how the Arabs in Israel have never been able to work in a position of their potential. The article goes on to explain that the Arabs are overtrained for positions they are working because their glass ceiling does not allow them to move up in their positions. Thousands of qualified Arab engineers are either unemployed, working in unrelated fields or teaching high school even though technology is the country's main growth industry. The need for engineers are so high that around 8,000 highly skilled jobs are being outsourced even though they have the skilled workers in Israel. Most of Arabs are unemployed, working in different fields, or must drive hours to get to work everyday. This article interested me because here is a minority in another country dealing with the same conflicts. Arabs make up 20% of the population in Israel with Jews making up most of the rest. Arabs can work twice as hard as Jew and not be looked at once for a position. I bring this up because if as a minority in Israel the same must be happening here in the United States.
Do you believe there is any way around the glass ceiling? There will always be a minority in a certain location. In the United States there are more women than men but women are the ones hitting the glass ceiling?
Here is the link to the article....
http://www.momentmag.com/moment/issues/2011/02/glass_ceiling.html
-Aimee Rankovich
This was very interesting to read. First I think the people(government official or who ever are supplying the jobs) need to be educated on the different benefits diversity can have on their companies. I bet they are spending more money on outsourcing the jobs than they would if they just hired within. Also, I don't know what kinds of policies they have over in Israel or if they even have policies like we do in the U.S. but if they adapted some of the policies we have like affirmative action this could help the situation.
ReplyDeleteQuasheena Ellis