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3 Difficult Diversity Lessons From Yelp, Airbnb, and Deloitte

Linkedin Talent Blog

One potential factor is that women might use different words in interviews (for example, they may be more likely to say ‘we’ than ‘I,’ diluting credit for their accomplishments). Targeted college recruitment programs can be hugely successful. Plus, your recruiters get to hang out on campus again and relive their youth.

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Why Recruiters Should Consider Structured Interviews

Achievers - Recruiting

Your interviews are probably more unstructured than they should be. Too many recruiters and hiring managers ask interview questions that reflect their biases, increasing the likelihood that they don’t fairly compare candidates. It doesn’t matter that you both like fishing or both cried when you saw the movie “Lion.”

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How to Scale Diversity Hiring at Your Organization

Entelo

Instead of saying “You need to interview more diverse candidates”, say “Help us achieve finding people from more varied backgrounds.” Once you have a baseline, create specific, escalating targets for each quarter and incentivize your hiring teams to find, interview and hire candidates from underrepresented communities.

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9 Need-to-Know Recruitment News Stories – 21st September 2015

Social Talent

Candidate care is a major factor: 83% of global talent say a negative interview experience can change their mind about a role or a company they once liked. 77% say the interview is extremely or very important in making their final decision to accept or reject an offer. and Canadian job-seekers’ consideration of a job offer.