We prepare our EEO-1 report according to the
guidelines issued by the US government. We realize it’s useful for the government to collect job
information across all companies using a standard format with uniform job definitions.

But these categories differ from how we and
many companies think about our workforce when
it comes to organizing and recruiting people. For
example, in the EEO-1 report, sociologists, actors,
financial analysts, and computer software engineers are categorized as “professionals”, while
“technicians” includes dental hygienists, surveyors, and sound engineers.

We find it useful to also divide our workforce
into “technical” (e.g., software engineers, product managers) and “non-technical” workers (e.g.,
those in sales, marketing and finance). A third
category, “leadership,” cuts across technical and
non-technical areas to reflect the diversity at the
more senior levels. These segments provide us
with greater insights into our workforce, so that
we can to take action and improve.