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Why Diversity Hiring Is Important

ExactHire Recruiting

Diversity is complicated, and that’s why most companies fail to meet their Diversity, Equity & Inclusion goals. Businesses tend to see diversity as a numbers issue. But emphasizing statistics ignores the uncomfortable factors that lead to poor diversity. These factors make conversations around diversity difficult.

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6 Best Workplace Diversity Trends For 2018

Ideal

A big focus in recruiting in 2017 was workplace diversity. Workplace diversity is defined as: understanding, accepting, and valuing differences between people of different races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, disabilities, and sexual orientations, as well as differences in personalities, skill sets, experiences, and knowledge bases.

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Top HR & Recruiting Resources to Use in 2018

ClearCompany Recruiting

While everyone is setting their 2018 goals, now is also a great time to refresh yourself on key learnings from 2017. 2017 Goal is Overdue: Diversity Statistics That Will Make You Rethink Your Hiring Decisions. Companies need diversity. Have you started making the case for a diverse team?

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Inclusion and Diversity in Hiring: 7 Ways AI Helps

Ongig

And, research shows that companies with diverse employees are more profitable. So, people are expecting companies to have more inclusion and diversity in hiring. Yet, making workplaces more diverse remains a big challenge for many organizations. And this is what prevents diverse candidates from getting hired.

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Dice's 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Report

A vital step to becoming more inclusive is first understanding how inclusive your culture is right now. Dice’s Diversity and Inclusion Report highlights how tech pros currently gauge their industry’s progress – and how frequently they've experienced discrimination based on gender, sexuality, age and political affiliation.

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SHRM 2018: Hiring for Culture Add in the Age of Diversity

Stories Incorporated

A few good things happened to me at the SHRM 2018 conference. But, he spoke specifically about culture fit vs. hiring for culture add, a topic we’ve been talking about at Stories Inc. His theory is that cultural fit brings you supercharged motivation and efficient collaboration in early stage companies. for the last year.

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How To Set Your 2018 Recruiting Goals

JazzHR

Although 2018 is still several months away, it’s never too early to take a look at some of the goals you should consider setting for the year ahead. Perhaps you need to increase the amount of time you spend assessing candidates for cultural fit during interviews. Focus on diversity. Making your goals SMART.

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Trust, Transparency, Truth, Tangibility (Also, More Alliteration)

Speaker: Jeffrey Newman

One of the buzz phrases in our world right now is Diversity and Inclusion. Why isn't it just Diversity or Inclusion? Diversity is about different opinions, divergent ideas and deviations into how we conquer a challenge. August 8, 2018 11 AM PDT, 2 PM ET, 7 PM GMT

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Hard to Hire: Third-Party Recruiting & the State of Talent Acquisition Report

The talent acquisition challenges of today are unparalleled: 90% of survey respondents feel that the current hiring market is more challenging now than in the past! Recruiting as we’ve known it is evolving - how are you keeping ahead of the competition?