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Together, we learn and grow
Inclusion – the way we engage and interact with each other with curiosity and a growth mindset – stimulates innovation and creativity and improves our personal experiences at work.
Inclusion and bias
This course introduces unconscious bias, and how it affects the workplace and decisions we make. Throughout the modules, there will be opportunities to reflect and actively work on disrupting and proactively counteracting our bias. (Optimized for desktop use.)
Inclusion and covering
This course provides an introduction to covering, as developed by Kenji Yoshino. It discusses his theory of the four core types of covering demands and the practical steps each of us can take to address them. (Optimized for desktop use.)
Inclusion and allyship
This course provides an introduction to the concept of allyship. It offers practical suggestions to increase self-awareness about our own allyship journey and steps to become an ally to all and an adversary to none. (Optimized for desktop use.)
Inclusion and privilege
This course provides a foundational understanding of privilege. We’ll learn what privilege is, why it matters, how it connects with our identity, how it is shaped by systems of power, and how we can leverage it to support others. (Optimized for desktop use.)
A passion for tech starts early
The way we engage and give back to communities helps inform and advocate for policies and programs that support our mission and culture.
Creating opportunities
TECHNOLOchicas
TECHNOLOchicas is a national initiative of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and Televisa Foundation designed to raise awareness among young Latinas and their families about opportunities and careers in technology.
Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code is an organization that values diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential to our mission.
NCWIT Aspirations in Computing
These skills lead the way for innovative solutions to long-standing problems at national and local levels. Given that technology increasingly permeates every aspect of society, experience in computing and technology is in high demand by virtually every industry.
Cultivating talent
Disability Scholarship
The Microsoft Disability Scholarship seeks to empower students with disabilities to achieve more through access to education leading to a career in technology.
BAM
The BAM Scholarship was created to enable Black and African American students to attend college and pursue a career in technology. The goal is to empower future generations to do and be more.
Women at Microsoft
This scholarship will be awarded to promising high school senior and current undergraduate women and non-binary people who plan to attend or are attending a vocational or academic college and targeting a career in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math).
Hispanic and Latinx Organization of Leaders in Action
Supporting the growth of Hispanic and Latinx communities and encouraging the pursuit of a tech career.
Enabling digital learning
TEALS
Help educate the next generation of innovators. We’re asking teachers, school administrators, parents, students, and tech professionals to join us in the effort.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
Kodu Game Lab
Kodu lets kids create games on Windows PCs via a simple visual programming language. Kodu can be used to teach creativity, problem solving, storytelling, as well as programming. Anyone can use Kodu to make a game, young children as well as adults with no design or programming skills.
Small Basic
Created specially to help students transition from block-based coding to text-based coding.
Diversity takes us all farther
We work to foster a tech community made up of people with many different experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. A range of employee programs helps advance inclusion, and we partner with suppliers who are committed to increasing diversity throughout their organizations.
Diverse teams positively impact our company culture, working environment and how we serve our customers.
Neurodiversity hiring program
Through this program, applicants engage in an extended interview process that focuses on workability, interview preparation, and skill assessment. Our process gives candidates the opportunity to showcase their unique talents while learning about Microsoft as an employer of choice.
Microsoft Leap
We know there are many pathways into the technology industry and into our organization. We’re constantly looking for new ways to create unconventional entry points for talent and leverage the skills and experiences of talent from outside the traditional academic paths.
MSSA
Microsoft Software and Systems Academy (MSSA) provides transitioning service members and veterans with critical technical and career skills required for today’s growing technology industry.
Diverse teams positively impact our company culture, working environment and how we serve our customers.
Diversity and tech community
We have an enormous opportunity and responsibility to ensure the technology we create benefits everyone on the planet, as well as the planet itself.
TechRoots
TechRoots was built to contribute towards the growth of people of color in technology by bringing people together, building connections, and giving tech professionals the opportunity to learn from one another to achieve their professional goals.
Women Think Next
Women Think Next is a networking event for senior-level professional women, leading the way in empowering women in technology. While these events are focused on the particular needs of women in technology, all are welcome to attend and participate.
Codess
Through our Codess community, we regularly host networking events and provide mentorship opportunities as you navigate your career. While this program is focused on the needs of women in technology, all are welcome to attend and participate.
Microsoft for Startups
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub helps startups radically accelerate innovation by providing access to industry-leading AI services, expert guidance, and the essential technology needed to build a future-proofed startup.
Diverse teams positively impact our company culture, working environment and how we serve our customers.
Our Supplier Diversity Program
We have an opportunity and obligation to foster collective movement towards supplier diversity and inclusion through our external partnerships. Our partnerships with various institutions and organizations advocate for the advancement of diverse owned businesses.
Paid parental leave
We continue to focus our resources on doing business with companies that share our commitment to increase workforce inclusion and support employees and their families.
Sustainability
A decade of innovation and decisive action
Our partners share our mission
On a global, national and local scale, we work with and support organizations that are working to advance diversity and inclusion in the tech industry and workplaces worldwide.
Learn more about Microsoft Global Diversity and Inclusion
Our commitment to diversity & inclusion and the programs and policies that support our work is ongoing. You can learn more below.
Diversity & Inclusion
We believe in the transformative power of engaging many different perspectives.
Inside Microsoft
We stay focused on increasing representation and strengthening a culture of inclusion so that employees can bring all of who they are, do their best work, and thrive.
Annual Report
With our annual diversity & inclusion report, we transparently share workforce data and our progress on our commitments. We continually evaluate where we are now and where we aspire to be, to inform our action.
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