{"id":16820,"date":"2017-09-08T15:28:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/08\/tillerson-we-need-more-diversity-in-diplomacy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:43:52","slug":"tillerson-we-need-more-diversity-in-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2017\/09\/08\/tillerson-we-need-more-diversity-in-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tillerson: We need more diversity in diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson wants his department to step up its game when it comes to recruiting for diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a great diversity gap in the State Department,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need a State Department that reflects the American people, reflects who we are. The State Department must redouble our efforts to increase diversity at the highest ranks of the Department, including at the ambassador level. Only about 12 percent of our senior Foreign Service officers are non-white.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillerson spoke at State Department headquarters recently, in an address to participants in the department\u2019s student and fellowship programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described a new directive under which, any time there\u2019s an ambassador position open, at least one of the candidates must be a minority candidate. \u201cNow they may not be ready, but we will know where the talent pool is,\u201d he said. \u201cA big part of developing our minority leadership is identifying qualified individuals five and 10 years before they are ready to become senior leaders and managing and developing their careers, as we do others, so that they\u2019re undergoing preparations for those senior roles over time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department already has a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/documents\/organization\/254251.pdf\">diversity initiatives<\/a> in place. Diplomats-in-residence work the university circuit. There\u2019s an ad campaign (\u201cI am diplomacy, I am America\u201d), and a summer internship program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, numbers are low across the department. State reports just 5 percent of foreign service generalists and 25 percent of the civil service corps are African American. Hispanics make up 5 percent of foreign service generalists and 6 percent of the civil service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the fix might come from broadening the outreach effort. \u201cAmerica\u2019s best and brightest are not just from the Ivy League,\u201d Tillerson said. \u201cSo we\u2019re going to build our recruiting team operations out in places that we haven\u2019t concentrated before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He promised this would be more than a token effort. Rather than \u201ccoming through town once a year and dropping some pamphlets off at the recruiting office,\u201d he said, department officials would build relationships with institutions, \u201cso that people can more easily find us, and more importantly, we can find them, not just to rely upon people seeking us out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He promised deeper engagement in minority-focused job fairs, a stronger effort to tap ex-military candidates, and a more proactive approach to recruiting women. \u201cOnly about one-third of our senior Foreign Service officers are women, and we will work to close the gender gap as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He urged the students and interns to help advance the cause. \u201cThe seeds of greater diversity that we\u2019re planting today will have to be nurtured for years to come. 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