While the past few years have seen serious commitment to the PR industry's diversity problem, the 2008 PRWeek/Hill & Knowlton Diversity Survey shows that much still needs to be done in recruitment and retention.
When Bill Imada, currently the chairman and CEO of IW Group, started out in PR, a fellow Asian American told him to “get out of this business.” The industry didn't have opportunities for Asian-American practitioners, she said, and it would be too difficult. Twenty years ...