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Winter
2002 Vol. 11 No. 1
Maintaining
Talent's Edge
Keeping talent in the company takes the
same intensity as recruiting it," says James Sibley,
Director of DuPont Staffing.
"At DuPont, employee networks give our
talented workforce resources that increase job satisfaction
and help us retain good people," he adds. "These informal
groups, made up of people who share a common background
or interest-race, gender, socio-economic, sexual orientation,
religion or age-offer avenues to turn to for help, or
belonging, helping others, a place to grow, or to try
out an idea in a challenging, yet friendly, milieu."
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reach his career goal in Human Resources, James
Sibley, Director of Staffing, has seen DuPont from
many perspectives. Nothing, he says, could prepare
him better than his experiences in accounting, labor
relations, manufacturing, community affairs, earlier
human resource assignments and experience at eight
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"We
hire, develop and focus our energies on keeping people
at DuPont. We know that means finding the right candidates
up front and helping them grow, along with our businesses."
-James Sibley
The company recognizes the boost that
networks give to two-way communications throughout our
businesses, cascading ideas from senior management to
the newest employees and from employees back to managers.
The results benefit the entire organization, making
business teams better informed and more effective. And
business leaders count on diversity networks as resources
and sounding boards to raise specific work environment
concerns, offer informal and formal training and workshops,
and help resolve business and operational problems.
"Our networks also provide informal opportunities
for mentoring. New members of the DuPont workforce can
turn to network members in their business, or other
organizations, for answers about company culture and
process," Sibley says. "Leaders find networks as the
interface between business and personal issues. They're
great resources for exploring ideas and candid feedback.
In our experience, networks benefit their individual
members and the company at the same time."
Diversity provides the power DuPont needs
to develop and market products and services to customers
around the world.
WorkLife
Benefits Attract High Performance People to DuPont
DuPont is well aware of the competitive
landscape when it comes to enticing high performance
people to join the company, and is ranked high on the
list of major corporations garnering their share of
the employee talent pool. DuPont offers flexible work
schedules around work/family situations, as well as
benefits with employee retention in mind.
Family
Leave
In addition to six weeks of paid maternity
leave, DuPont has extended its unpaid family leave to
allow time for new mothers and fathers to be with their
children during the critical first six months of a child's
life.
Family
Resource Programs
The "LifeWorksT" program helps employees
manage their work and family responsibilities, with
practical advice, useful materials and local referrals
for resolving dependent care issues.
Opportunities
and Diversity
DuPont promotes an interdisciplinary environment
that includes supportive colleagues from diverse backgrounds,
significant professional opportunities, advancement
potential, and recognition.
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