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4 Fair Chance Hiring Laws that Affect Job Descriptions

Ongig

To regulate how “justice-involved” people are treated during hiring, various fair chance hiring laws require employers to treat them fairly. These so-called ‘ban the box’ laws seek to give formerly incarcerated people a fair chance at applying for (and being hired for) jobs. What is fair chance hiring?

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9 Strategies to Attract More Women in Tech

Glassdoor for Employers

Hiring and retaining women to work in STEM fields presents a unique challenge for employers. However, employers who invest in hiring and retaining women in STEM careers can reap significant rewards. Get employees involved with local nonprofits that encourage girls and women in STEM fields. Hiring Women in STEM.

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Diversity Hiring: the best candidate sources

EmployeeReferrals.com

College recruiting is a good way to find quality hires who will grow with your company. Look for meetup groups and nonprofits like the Women Tech Council, Urban League, or National Council of La Raza. Jobvite’s hireright study found that only one in 80 job board candidates is hired. There are a few different ways to do this.

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A Career Choice is a Life Choice: Nicholas Kristock of Fleece & Thank You

ViziRecruiter

In this edition of VIZI’s A Career Choice is a Life Choice blog series , we’re speaking with Nicholas Kristock, co-founder and executive director of Fleece & Thank You , a Metro Detroit-based nonprofit that makes and donates blankets to children battling cancer and other diseases. DB: What is your current position?

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How a Teenager's Viral Post Points to a Huge Hiring Opportunity

Linkedin Talent Blog

At the beginning of March, Ryan Lowry , a 19-year-old in Leesburg, Virginia, posted a hand-written letter on LinkedIn with a simple message: Hire Me. Check out our six tips for recruiting and hiring a more neurodiverse workforce. Once you’ve hired a strong candidate, they may need extra support to succeed. Do it for Ryan.

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How This Woman Is Changing the Tech Talent Pipeline By Empowering Girls of Color

Linkedin Talent Blog

She soon founded Black Girls CODE , a nonprofit dedicated to empowering girls of color with the computer science skills they need “to become leaders in STEM fields, leaders in their communities, and builders of their own future.”. In 2015, there were half a million new computing jobs, but fewer than 40,000 comp sci grads to fill them.

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3 Difficult Diversity Lessons From Yelp, Airbnb, and Deloitte

Linkedin Talent Blog

Over 80% talent acquisition leaders and hiring managers say that diversity will be the most important trend shaping the future of recruiting, according to LinkedIn’s Global Recruiting Trends 2018 (coming out in January). Here are their biggest learning that can help you increase diversity and make the hiring process fairer for everyone.