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The hiring rate for people of colour and women have surpassed those of white people, but the retention of women remains an issue, according to a survey by the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications and Women in Cable Telecommunications. The turnover rate for people of colour was 11.4% greater than that of white people, while promotion rates for people of colour was 1.4%, compared with 1.9% for white people. “People are still not getting promoted because they don’t look like what is expected from them,” said Ms Wong. However, the overall promotion rate for women was 1.8% compared with 1.6% for men.