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Overcoming Challenges in Inclusive Hiring: Strategies and Solutions

Social Talent

From unconscious biases to limited networks, the obstacles can be daunting, leaving recruiters feeling like they’re chasing shadows in the pursuit of diversity. Imagine a hiring process where every challenge is an opportunity to build a richer, more diverse team. Yet, achieving this diversity requires more than good intentions.

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SocialTalent Live: Diversity, equity and inclusion – What we learned

Social Talent

It seemed more than appropriate that our first one should centre on diversity , equity and inclusion. Salma El-Wardany – “How to be an ally at work” Salma’s presentation on allyship broke diversity down into a series of smaller moments and actions that everyone can do to foster a more inclusive workplace.

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Forgotten diversity: Making organizations truly inclusive, with Jenifer Lambert

Social Talent

There can be no denying the need for diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. But, when we use the term “diversity,” it’s important to remember what this actually means. According to Workable , the types of diversity are ‘theoretically infinite.’ Luckily we’ve enlisted some help to decode this a little further.

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How Remote Work Policies Encourage Diversity

Glassdoor for Employers

However, working from home can also be tied to another trend in the workplace: diversity initiatives. Many businesses are making inclusivity pledges to attract, recruit and retain diverse teams. But how does remote work factor into diversity initiatives? The definition is broad. About 69 percent of U.S. Learn More: .

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The 2022 Guide on Becoming An Inclusive HR Practitioner

Speaker: Dr. Akilah Cadet, Founder and CEO of Change Cadet

During the summer of allyship (summer 2020), many companies made diversity, recruitment, and anti-racism commitments. Even though it is a year and a half later, it is important that these commitments continue to happen within recruitment and retention.

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Top 10 Rally Blogs of 2021

Rally Recruitment Marketing

Research from Appcast has found that using gender-coded words in job advertising not only negatively impacts the diversity of qualified candidates that apply, it can also cost more. To counteract this, this post discusses what you can do to better support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in your talent attraction strategy.

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Why Equity Matters More than Diversity or Inclusion, with Aubrey Blanche

Social Talent

Organizations understand why diversity of thought, experience, and background is important and they strive to make workplaces safe and beacons of inclusion for employees. But actually more importantly and more focused today we’re going to talk about why equity matters more than diversity or inclusion.

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