What we have learned is that traditional recruitment has been unsuccessful in recruiting historically underrepresented groups into the Foreign Service.
Karen Bass: “What we have learned is that traditional recruitment has been unsuccessful in recruiting historically underrepresented…”
On the recordSeptember 30, 2020
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Bass highlights failures in traditional recruitment for diversity in the Foreign Service.
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