NU Online News Service, May 16, 10:09 p.m. EDT–Allstate Insurance Company has been selected as one of eight U.S. corporations honored as a "Best Company for Women of Color" in 2005, according to Working Mother magazine.
The other companies chosen by the magazine were: American Express, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, General Mills, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
"The companies on our list are leaders in diversity," said Working Mother magazine's deputy editor Della de Lafuente. "They have measures in place to make sure that women of color have the same opportunities for career advancement as everyone else."
The Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate said African-American, Asian-American, Latina and Native-American women make up 20 percent of its workforce==including managers and top executives==and represent 16 percent of the women who are being groomed in executive succession plans.
Allstate also mentioned that various undergraduate, professional and masters in business administration courses==all with high female and minority enrollment==are available to employees at Allstate Northbrook headquarters, with tuition reimbursements.
Profiles of Allstate as well as other companies picked as "Best Company for Women of Color" can be found at www.workingmother.com.
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