Chapter 9

Finding and Recruiting Diverse Talent

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Evaluating your current recruitment strategy

Bullet Knowing where to find diverse candidates

Bullet Making your job descriptions inclusive

Bullet Weeding bias out of the selection process

Bullet Prioritizing diversity on your interview panel

Bullet Recognizing what kinds of interview questions you can’t ask

Finding and hiring a diverse workforce is critical if organizations want to remain relevant in today’s competitive and changing environment. With the demographics changing and reflecting a new generation of talent, you need to ensure that you’re opening up new seats at the table. That includes starting with reviewing your existing recruitment strategies and implementing new and innovative processes that increase your candidate pipeline. It also means writing more inclusive job descriptions, adopting more inclusive language, acknowledging and interrupting ...

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