(meaning the system by which new talent is sourc) is very prevalent in the commerce space. This is not built intentionally to be racist, but rather phone number list the processes in place don’t leave room for diverse hiring practices. Companies often don’t tend to look in the places that will help them source more diverse employees. It’s not always malicious, but it definitely happens.
Our panelists then address the question
of how businesses can alleviate the lack of diversity occurring within this space. Chauncey Twine with Briogeo said his biggest pieces of advice was to set KPI’s and goals around diversity in hiring practices. He not that it’s impossible to improve something without actively measuring to look for improvements.
Comes to actively sourcing new
talent from more diverse groups, Amanda Johnson with Ment recommend simply shifting talent acquisition efforts to target different people. This a completely different approach is an easy tweak in some ways– for example, companies should advertise new roles to historically black colleges and universities rather than prominately white institutions. Amanda be numbers also not that one way she’s actively hir more diversity is by reaching out to friends that have a different background than her, and asking if they can recommend anyone for an open position.