Google makes significant gains in hiring people of colour By IANS | 1 Views Google.. Image Source: IANS News San Francisco, July 3 : Google has made significant gains in hiring employees of colours, saying that it is excited to build on the goals such as increasing representation of underrepresented groups by 30 per cent by 2025 and expanding hiring in cities. In the US, Google doubled the number of Black employees in its leadership team to 7.1 per cent from 3.6 per cent the year prior. The number of women in Google leadership globally rose from 26.7 per cent to 28.1 per cent. Still, Google's US workforce is 68 per cent male and 32 per cent female.