A diverse workforce is critical for Cintas to improve and maintain competitive advantage. Cintas is committed to focusing on diversity.
Cintas is committed to focusing on diversity and looking
for more ways to be a truly inclusive organization
that makes full use of all partners' contributions.
Diverse partners better understand our customers and
identify with their needs. By drawing upon the strength
of the diversity of our partners we will continue to
exceed our customers' expectations.
Although diversity
is often used to refer
to differences such
as gender, age, religion,
disability and national
origin, diversity encompasses
an infinite range of
individuals' unique
characteristics and
experiences. We have
a diversity committee
that I personally chair
which has been in existence
for several years.
All of our managers
and supervisors have
received diversity
training, and we have
teamed up with a number
of organizations to
assist us in this effort,
including the Urban
League, the National
Black MBA Association,
the National Hispanic
MBA Society, a number
of predominantly minority
colleges and several
other organizations.
In our Scholars' Program,
in which college students
participate in summer
internships in the
hopes that they ultimately
will become Management
Trainees, the percentage
of minorities participating
in each year's class
has almost doubled
during the last four
years. And, in our
INROADS scholarship
program - which is
a program specifically
for minority students
- we've tripled the
number of participating
students, and women
now account for almost
60 percent of this
year's class.
Diversity is one of
the reasons Cintas
is the world's leading
uniform company and
the fastest growing
company in the industry.
In the last four years
of our management trainee
program, for example,
the number of minorities
enrolled into the program
more than tripled,
and number of women
more than doubled.
Cintas is committed
to taking great strides
toward not only embracing
diversity, but also
weaving it throughout
the fabric of our corporation.
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