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Pinterest Launches Diversity Lab Initiative

Friday, July 31, 2015 5:14:00 AM PDT | VentureDeal
   San Francisco, California  --  Online digital media technology company Pinterest has announced the launch of a new initiative to increase diversity in the technology industry.

The company, in a blog post, announced its own goals for 2016, its plan for how to get there and its intent to publish how it is progressing along its goals.

Among its goals, it plans to increase hiring rates for full-time engineering roles to 30% female and 8% underrepresented ethnic backgrounds.

It plans to expand the number of universities it recruits from and work with an outside strategy firm to set up what it calls Inclusion Labs at Pinterest.

The purpose of Inclusion Labs will be to "experiment with new ways to improve diversity."

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