ICONMA’s Diversity

ICONMA is a Woman-Owned consulting firm providing Professional Services and Solutions to a broad range of Fortune 1000 organizations nationwide. Managing Member Claudine George founded ICONMA in 2000 on the principle that success is derived from delivering high quality service while being responsible, flexible, and innovative. The commitment to this principle has led ICONMA to become certified as a Woman-Owned organization by both the National Woman Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC) and Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

ICONMA has worked continuously to maximize its own diversity as a WBE since achieving certification from NWBOC and WBENC. Partnering with clients nationwide who encourage MWBEs has allowed ICONMA to build a solid name for itself and generate revenues. Since opening our doors for business in 2000, we have experienced a 450% growth in revenue.

“Opportunities are abundant for businesses offering diversity, and we are in the market to capitalize on those opportunities to push our business to the next level,” said Claudine George, Managing Member of ICONMA LLC. “Companies are approaching us to help them put diversity into their business model.”

WBE Partnerships

ICONMA realizes that having WBE certification allows us as an organization to move to the next level. ICONMA’s business model encourages partnerships with other MWBEs. These partnerships with MWBEs are critical to the success of our business. This only enhances ICONMA’s strong business foundation, by bringing similar resources together for one common goal: deliver high quality service while being responsible, flexible, and innovative.

Benefits of our Diversity Program include the following:

• Broad client base. ICONMA’s current client base gives us national exposure and spans many diverse industries.
• Assistance in growing your organization’s business.
• Networking with other MWBEs.
• Mentoring emerging MWBEs.

Diversity through Our Employees

Diversity Hiring Initiative at ICONMA: The true essence of a corporation is its people. ICONMA aggressively supports and promotes equal opportunity hiring of people with disabilities, aboriginals, visible minorities, and women. The diversity of our internal staff at ICONMA reflects our commitment to equal opportunity hiring. Our Diversity Hiring Coordinator is a minority who specializes in diversity placements. With our pool of talented candidates from diverse backgrounds, we can help you to continue to build a company culture that supports and affirms the diverse people who make up your human capital.

ICONMA’s Diversity Mandate: We provide a link between employers seeking to enrich their workforce diversity and a pool of diverse candidates who are searching for an opportunity to perform to their full potential. Our mandate is to help employers embrace the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual. As an equal opportunity employer, we pride ourselves on creating an employment environment that supports and encourages the abilities of all persons regardless of race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or disability. This commitment extends to all areas of employment practices including hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, training, and layoff or termination.

ICONMA promotes diversity within the company. In an effort to recruit and hire minorities and women not currently in the workforce, we contact the following:

High minority enrollment colleges Minority/female candidates. We advertise in minority-related & female-related papers and online.

• Department of Labor employment and training services in various cities and states as well as Internet national databases.
• Office of Minority Business Enterprise in various cities and states.
• Recent research suggests that within the next year 6.5 million African Americans, 5.4 million Hispanics and 2.5 million Asian Americans will be online. In addition, a second study conducted showed 76% of African Americans and 68% of Latinos said they typically visit an ethnic site as part of their internet experience. The same study found 50% of African American respondents used the internet for job searching compared to 38% of Latinos. We have programs that will effectively target these minority groups. We use online resources effectively to attract minority candidates.