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Barriers Hinder Advancement D espite the gro w th o f d iversity as a business im perative, m in o ri ties still find m any ob stacles that are slow ing their career ad v an ce m ent, according to a recent poll released by D iversity S earch .co m . E ighty-nine percent o f respon dents said that w o rkplace barriers still exist and 74 percen t felt that general stereotypes and p reco n ceptions o f m inorities exist. W hile D iversityS earch candi dates noted that they value corpo rate di versity and affinity program s and use this as key criteria w hen considering em ploym ent o p p o r tu n itie s, re sp o n d e n ts also b e lieved that there is a lack o f m inori ties on boards o f directors (58 percent), an insufficient am ount corporate culture at their co m p a nies (58 percent) and feeling o f exclusion from inform al netw orks (53 percent). “ Many corporations are actively seeking to recruit, hire and retain broad diversity talent,” said Jessica O w ens ofD iversitySearch.com . Partnership Matches Jobs with Prospects PORT OF PORTLAND Career Opportunities Information about career opportunities with the Port of Portland can be obtained by calling the Job Hotline at (503) 944-7480. Hearing impaired applicants may call TDD, (503) 944- 7485. 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E m p lo y e rs , e s p e c ia lly th o s e w ith g o o d d iv e r s ity p ro g r a m s , a ls o re c o g n iz e th e v a lu e o f n e t w o r k in g a n d th e re a re o ff ic ia l — as w e ll as u n o ff ic ia l — n e t w o rk s fo r v irtu a lly e v e ry g ro u p . “ A lo t o f p e o p le o f c o lo r fin d th e s e n e tw o rk s e s p e c ia lly im p o r ta n t,” say s C o rn e lia G a m le m , p r e s id e n t o f th e G E M S G ro u p , a h u m a n re s o u r c e s c o n s u l t i n g f ir m in H e rn d o n , V a. “ T h e y c a n h e lp p e o p le a v o id th a t fe e lin g o f b e in g is o la te d an d o v e rc o m e p ro b le m s a ll on th e ir o w n .” T h e s o o n e r y o u s ta rt c r e a t in g a n e tw o rk , th e fa s te r y o u ’ll p r o g r e s s in y o u r c a re e r. M a n y p ro f e s s io n a l s o c ie tie s h a v e s tu d e n t c h a p te rs in c o lle g e s a n d u n iv e r s itie s . M a k in g c o n n e c tio n s e a rly w ill g iv e y o u a h e a d s ta rt o n y o u r jo b se a rc h . U n fo rtu n a te ly , th ere is n ’t a l w ay s an o b v io u s n etw o rk to jo in . F o r in stan ce, i f y o u ’re an A fri can A m erican w o m an in a sea o f ' w h ite co lle a g u e s, it m ay not be e a sy to alig n y o u rs e lf w ith o th ers in the c o m p an y . S ee i f th e r e ’s a local p ro fe ssio n a l o rg a n izatio n w ith A frican A m erican m em bers. O r seek o u t p eo p le in y o u r c o m m u n ity . D o n ’t ju s t lim it y o u rs e lf to racial o r g e n d e r categ o ries. E s ta b lis h in g a b ro a d n e tw o rk e n a b le s y o u to tu rn to d if fe re n t g ro u p s , d e p e n d in g on y o u r p ro fe s s io n a l c h a lle n g e s . “ W ith o u t a b r o a d - b a s e d n e tw o rk , th e r e ’s n o o n e to tu rn to in a tim e o f c r i s is ,” S in c la ir sa y s. “ T h e b ro a d e r y o u c a s t y o u r n e t, th e b ro a d e r y o u r c a tc h w ill b e .”