Delta launches formal commitment as OneTen Atlanta City Lead

Final week, Atlanta’s main enterprise influencers joined Delta CEO Ed Bastian, OneTen CEO Maurice, Jones, incoming OneTen CEO Debbie Dyson, and Mayor Andre Dickens on the Delta Flight Museum for a reception and panel dialogue – introducing Delta Air Strains’ formal dedication to OneTen because the Atlanta Metropolis Lead.  

As OneTen Metropolis Lead, Delta goals to mobilize the Georgia enterprise group to affix OneTen in its mission to recruit, rent, practice and advance 1 million Black People over the subsequent 10 years into family-sustaining jobs with alternatives for development. OneTen additionally empowers its company companions to reimagine hiring practices by way of a skills-based method to hiring and promotions – prioritizing a deal with measurable abilities and competencies.  

“Because the Metropolis of Atlanta’s economic system continues to develop and entice new industries, the necessity for expert staff will proceed to rise and it’s becoming to have Atlanta’s Hometown Airline function the town lead for the OneTen Coalition,” mentioned Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. “With OneTen formally launched in our metropolis, we are able to affect the remainder of the nation to decide to closing fairness gaps inside the office and take away workforce boundaries. Delta Air Strains’ dedication to closing the chance hole for Black expertise is commendable and a pivotal step ahead for the Metropolis of Atlanta.” 

In the course of the panel dialogue, incoming OneTen CEO Debbie Dyson voiced the significance of selling fairness by way of skills-based hiring.   

“That is about eradicating boundaries the place folks didn’t see expertise proper in entrance of them,” incoming OneTen CEO Debbie Dyson mentioned.  

In continuation, Ed mentioned company leaders’ duty to dismantle systemic inequities fin order to reimagine our communities, and the financial and international competitiveness of our companies and nation.  

“Eradicating systemic boundaries and creating an equitable office just isn’t solely a duty of leaders in company America, it’s an obligation,” mentioned Delta CEO Ed Bastian. “We have been honored to have enterprise, authorities and group leaders be a part of us at Delta this week to mark the official launch of OneTen in Atlanta. Collectively, we’ll domesticate significant change as we work throughout industries to finish America’s perpetual cycle of financial disparity.”  

About Delta’s dedication to OneTen  

Born out of Delta’s dedication to deal with racial and systemic inequities, Delta Air Strains grew to become a founding member of OneTen in 2020 because the market lead for Atlanta employers. Delta Air Strains joined almost 40 different companies dedicated to creating measurable and significant progress towards racial fairness and cultivating equitable financial alternatives for Black expertise in America.  

Ed Bastian addressed Atlanta enterprise leaders in a 2022 Atlanta Journal-Structure open letter – difficult leaders to affix OneTen coalition in its mission to shut alternative gaps for Black expertise by way of a skills-first hiring method.  

Whereas the coalition’s efforts are centered on Black expertise, Delta sees the skills-first expertise technique benefiting all its staff – a key driver in fostering equitable outcomes by way of Delta’s Expertise-First Apprenticeship, Delta Analytics Academy and IT Subsequent Gen profession improvement applications.