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Many companies have been recognized for being the best diversity friendly companies to work for.  Annual Lists of "Best Companies to Work For" are quite popular and many are focused of diversity, and many are based on race, gender and/or age.  The list below compiled by JobScribble is not extensive as other lists can be found based on a particular career field and diversity.  For instance "Top 50 Companies of 2008 for Women Engineers" by Women Engineer Magazine by Equal Opportunity Publications .   So if you are researching best companies use search engines and use your industry or career field to locate companies. 

Below are just a few of the well known magazines and websites with their annual best to work for lists based on diversity.

Working Mother Magazine,  "2008 Best Companies for Multi-Cultural Women"; and "2007 100 Best Companies"

Fortune, "2008 Best Companies for Minorities" 

Black Enterprise, "2007 40 Best Companies for Diversity"

DiversityInc,  "The 2008 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity"; and "Top 10 Companies for Asian Americans"; "Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities"

AARP, "Best Employers for Workers Over 50"

disAbled Magazine (Equal Opportunity Publications), "Top 50 Employer of 2008"

HispanicBusiness.com, "2007-2008 Diversity Elite"

When reviewing lists of the best employers to work for,  it is important to read how each of these lists where compiled.  Did they receive surveys or interview employees? Who was polled? How many were polled? Did employers submit their companies for consideration? Were on-sites visits made? Often these lists do not consider small to medium size companies.  Utilize on-line searches to find other lists that could be helpful by using search engines searching by keywords such as "fastest growing women owned companies"  "Fastest growing Hispanic owned companies", etc.  If you are interested in working for a company that has been recognized as diversity friendly, there are other ways to determine if you are would be working for a diversity friendly company.  Take a look at their website and annual reports.  Do they have diverse leadership? Who is on their Board of Directors? When you go for an interview, who is interviewing you?  Who are the people in the big offices?  Do they have any statements about diversity on their website.  Some of these are indicators if they are diverse and actively supportive of diversity.  Where do they advertise their jobs--on diversity job boards?   These lists are great but proceed with caution and take into consideration the job offer, benefits, job security, location and your fit for the position, company and boss, etc.