Skip to main content

Diversity in Engineering Managing the Workforce of the Future (2002) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

Diversity Practices at CH2M HILL
Pages 20-23

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 20...
... We provide engineering consulting and other integrated services to a variety of clients, and we generate about $2 billion in revenue. What is interesting to me about this company as it relates to diversity is that we've roughly doubled in size in the last five years and plan to double again in the next four to five years.
Read the entire page →
From page 21...
... We measure and link the performance of people in meeting diversity targets to their compensation. We have a unique internal Web system where every employee can go in and learn about their own personal financial metrics, such as client ratio and overhead cost structures in particular groups, but also the diversity statistics that go along with all of those things.
Read the entire page →
From page 22...
... The company directly supports employee associations and diversity councils, and we've established programmatic ties with placement groups, academic programs, and trade schools to broaden our hiring pool. We use various other mechanisms to help us connect to the local community and to demonstrate our strong commitment to the underrepresented groups in the engineering field.
Read the entire page →
From page 23...
... That's how we challenge our own folks, and that's our commitment. Our diversity strategies are linked to our core business strategies of developing leaders, planning for successors, strengthening the role of group leaders, developing local community relationships, and growing the company both in the United States and around the globe.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • local community
  • critical success
  • sustained effort
  • internal web
  • continuing education

  • essentially analytical
  • top talent
  • engineer national
  • mutual life
  • support henaacc

  • strong leadership
  • staff laterally
  • supports employee
  • diversity requires
  • company directly

  • indicate roughly
  • core business
  • requires sustained
  • developing local
  • global project

  • conference corporation
  • management process
  • engineering consulting
  • career path
  • supports continuing

  • academic programs
  • promoting people
  • percent women
  • fairly aggressive
  • internal statistics


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.