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Facebook sees slight gain in women in its workforce

(FILES)This February 25, 2013 file photo taken in Washington, DC, shows the splash page for the Internet social media giant Facebook. A computer program that analyzes your Facebook "likes" may be a better judge of your personality than your closest friends and family, according to research out January 12, 2015. The study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences was led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Stanford University. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER / FILESKAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images
(FILES)This February 25, 2013 file photo taken in Washington, DC, shows the splash page for the Internet social media giant Facebook. A computer program that analyzes your Facebook “likes” may be a better judge of your personality than your closest friends and family, according to research out January 12, 2015. The study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences was led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Stanford University. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER / FILESKAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images
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Facebook reported Thursday that it boosted the percentage of women in its global workforce by 1 percent, to 32 percent, over the past year.

It isn t a big jump, but it s something.

The social networking giant showed less improvement when it came to hiring African-Americans and Latinos in the U.S. Some of its findings:

  • Whites are 55 percent of the workforce, compared to 57 percent .
  • Asians make up 36 percent, compared to 34 percent last year.
  • The percentage of blacks and Latinos didn t change, making up 4 percent and 2 percent of the workforce.

As Facebook and other tech firms have shown, even with companies striving to change their workforce demographics, actual change can be incremental.

Facebook s progress seems to be in keeping with its peers, like eBay, which also reported small percentage changes when it comes to women, African-American and Latino hires.

Intel seems to be the exception, as I reported in May. 

As I said then: Forty-one percent of Intel s hires so far this year have been diverse. That compares with 32 percent last year. Intel s goal is 40 percent for this year.

Above: Facebook s logo. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

 

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