Diversity and Inclusion

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19 Jun: 'Am I A Refugee?' Best Buy Employee Explores Identity

June 20 is World Refugee Day, a day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the plight of refugees around the world and the efforts to protect their human rights. This year’s theme, Every Action Counts, highlights the importance of creating a more just, inclusive and equal world.

Every minute, 20 people around the world leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror, according to the U.N. Hashim Ali is one of them — but, as he’ll tell you, his identity is so much more.

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19 Jun: Best Buy Employee Shares ‘Celebration And Joy’ Of Juneteenth

Quest Dew has been celebrating Juneteenth for years, and he’s on a mission to share that celebration with his Best Buy co-workers.

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865 — nearly 2 ½ years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It has long been a meaningful holiday for Black Americans, yet its awareness has remained relatively low among the broader population.

That’s why Quest decided to bring the celebration to his colleagues at Best Buy’s Seattle Technology Office last year.

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19 Jun: A Juneteenth Message To Our Employees From Best Buy’s Chief Inclusion And Diversity Officer

Earlier this week, Best Buy announced that we will formally honor Juneteenth, a holiday not fully celebrated for far too long.

To mark this moment for employees, Best Buy’s Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer Mark Irvin asked a few colleagues to join him in sharing a message about this important day.

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06 May: Best Buy Makes 2020 DiversityInc Noteworthy List

For the second year in a row, Best Buy has landed a coveted spot on DiversityInc’s list of Noteworthy Companies that are committed to workplace diversity.

The list recognizes the nation’s top companies that excel in hiring, retaining and promoting women, minorities, people with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals and military veterans.

As a company, Best Buy is committed to encouraging our employees to bring their whole selves to work each day — even when going to work may look a little different these days.

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02 Feb: Blue Shirts share their motivation to show up and smile

Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by black people in America, past and present. This February, Best Buy is proud to highlight the central role its black employees, leaders and vendors play in writing the next chapter of the company, our communities and the tech industry.

Walk into the Best Buy store in Maple Grove, Minnesota, and there’s a good chance you’ll encounter the bright smiles of Kalif Ahmed and Amir Mussa – first-generation Americans, cousins and co-workers.

By Bennett Ryynanen Company News

15 Nov: Best Buy Named A Top Employer for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Best Buy is proud to rank No. 11 on the HBCU Connect’s list of the Top 50 Employers for HBCU Students and Graduates.

The list consists of reputable employers who were chosen based on excellent recruitment efforts from more than 100 of the country’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) schools.

Over the past year, Best Buy has held numerous on-campus hiring events and has used a variety of marketing channels, including email, online and print advertising, to recruit students and recent grads for internships and post-graduation opportunities.

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30 Jul: Best Buy named to Diversity Best Practices Inclusion Index

We’re proud to announce Best Buy has been named to the 2019 Diversity Best Practices Inclusion Index. We’re one of 80 companies to be honored and one of only two retailers.

The Inclusion Index recognizes our company’s efforts and commitment in the following three focus areas:

Fostering diversity and inclusion in recruitment, retention and advancement;
Promoting a company culture that values diversity and inclusion; and
Sharing specific demographic data and progress made in hiring, retaining and promoting women, people of color and other minority groups.

By Suzanne Hilker Company News Diversity and Inclusion Sustainability

17 Jul: Best Buy Named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion

Best Buy is thrilled to have earned a top score on the Disability Equality Index (DEI), landing among other leading companies on the list of Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion.

For our business to succeed, we need to hire and retain the best possible employees. To accomplish this, we want our working environment to make everyone feel included so people can do their best work every day.

More than 61 million adults in the U.S. — a quarter of the population — report having a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

By Jessica Moes Company News

15 Jul: Best Buy’s Technovation partnership preps teen girls for tomorrow’s jobs

One spring afternoon in the school library, Josie Davis and Sienna Russell hit a roadblock in the code they were writing.

The girls turned their heads expectantly to Suprabha Hegde, a junior software engineer at Best Buy. She pointed to their screens as she guided them through the next steps.

Suprabha is one of 50 Best Buy employees who have volunteered over the past four months with TechnovationMN, the Minnesota branch of a global program that teaches teen girls to dream up, design and code mobile phone applications that solve real-world problems that teams have identified in their communities.

By Suzanne Hilker Company News Sustainability

10 Jul: Best Buy Ranks 7th on Forbes List of Best Employers for Women

Best Buy is proud to be named No. 7 on the recently released Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for Women. Best Buy is one of two retailers in the top 10.

It’s a sign of our commitment to gender equality. In fact, we have a number of high-ranking women in leadership, including CEO Corie Barry; Kamy Scarlett, chief human resources officer and president of U.S. retail; Trish Walker, president of home and services; Allison Peterson, chief customer and marketing officer; and more than half of our board of directors.

By Kirsten Morell Company News Sustainability

03 Jul: Best Buy joins 200 businesses to support workplace equality for LGBTQ people

Best Buy has joined with more than 200 leading U.S. businesses, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Out and Equal in signing a “friend of the court” brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court expressing support for equality and workplace protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people.

Best Buy added its voice because we believe that opposing discrimination in all forms is fundamental in our effort to create a diverse work environment and embed inclusivity in our culture.

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24 May: Creating a culture of inclusion at Best Buy

At Best Buy, celebrating Pride stretches beyond the celebrations in June. It means more than raising awareness and support for LGBTQ+ employees and people in the communities we serve. It means creating a culture of inclusion where everyone feels welcome and accepted. From coast to coast, here are unique stories from some of our people who are helping do just that.

In Seattle, employees celebrate Pride year-round

When Best Buy opened its Seattle Technology Development Center in 2015, office manager Kathryn Kelley saw a need to drive employee engagement there.

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