TOP 100 DIVERSITY EMPLOYERS OF 2005, THE

As companies position themselves among diverse students, it's particularly important to understand how they define diversity. Understanding this, Tattanelli said, makes an employer better equipped to present an employer brand that resonates with their target student groups.

When the students define diversity in the survey, ethnicity is the top definition across the hoard, chosen hy an average of 70% of the respondents. Gender, personality, socio-economic hackground, education and age are other popular definitions among the respondents.

Today's students want colleagues with other assets than their own - people with different ways of solving problems, said Preston Edwards, publisher of the Black Collegian. "Students often say that they don't want to work in a place where everybody is just like them," Edwards said. "Invisible" traits, such as education, age and personality have increased in importance in the past few years, said Tattanelli, noting that personality has hecome particularly important.

But students don't just look tor ethnic diversity or personality variation, Tattanelli said. They want to work for an employer where they can find it all: ethnic diversity, gender equality, personality variation and a plethora of challenges. "Diversity hrings value to the work place and is indeed hroader than the color of someone's skin or someone's ethnicity, accent or where someone is horn." Tattanelli said.

"Diversity encompasses so much more than ethnicity ana gender..."

- Claudia Tattanelli, CEO of Universum Communications

"We want to expand the talent pool across the country"

- ExxonMoml

"Students often Say that they dont want to work in a place where everybody is just like them. "

- Preston J. Edwards, Sr.

Publisher

THE BLACK COLLEGIAN MAGAZINE

* The Asian-Indian category refers to American students descending from India. These students have requested to be identified as a separate ethnic category.

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SHAUNA RUCKER

Title: Global Consumer Group Management Associate.

Education: BS in Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. MBA from Harvard University.

With Company Since: July 2004

Advice for New Graduates: Be open-minded and willing to explore different functions. With each new experience, think about what makes you excited to come to work. If you are passionate about your job you will inevitably work hard to achieve success.

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