With companies posting more job openings, how can you be sure you’re finding the best candidates? Consider looking beyond your usual sources and reach out to nontraditional candidates, such as people with disabilities and those with criminal histories.
Applicants from these groups may need accommodations or training to help them succeed, but small investments in them now can pay off big in the future, in the form of an inclusive workforce and productive, loyal employees.
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Auditing your job adverts to attract more diverse candidates is essential but it's also important not to alienate any groups of people through the language used in job descriptions.
Find a way to be more inclusive in your job descriptions, remove any use of languages or ideas which could make potential candidates think you are looking for a specific gender, ethnicity or any other diverse background only apply.
For example, you could modify any language or terminology that will put some potentially valuable candidates off.
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Screening processes that encourage diversity are generally focused on removing unconscious biases and can include:
- Masking resumes: Not looking at names, addresses, school names, dates of birth and anything else that suggests personal information can effectively mask resumes. Doing so can let the person assessing resumes look at the skills, experience and qualifications of applicants, rather than rating candidates higher based on certain attributes, such as graduating from an Ivy League school.
- Conducting masked interviews: It’s impossible to do masked final interviews unless you have someone sit behind a screen and use something to change their voice. However, in first-round interviews when you’re still screening, you can provide questions, ask for written responses and request that respondents avoid including personal information in their answers. These can then be assessed by hiring managers who don’t have access to the applicant’s personal details.
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In the current labor market where many businesses are finding recruiting as their biggest challenge, any efforts that can be made to promote employee acquisition and retention should be utilized.
Additionally, the inclusive and standardized hiring practices that are promoted by DEI initiatives help to mitigate bias and discrimination risk. Companies that do not promote DEI practices face greater risk of discrimination litigation. Further, workers today, especially younger ones, are demanding a workforce culture that commits to DEI.
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