From the course: Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
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Hiring diverse talent
From the course: Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Hiring diverse talent
- So if I'm a recruiter, and I just had this conversation with an exec recruiter, and she said "I know you talk a lot about diversity, inclusion, belonging. I think that's meaningful. But as a recruiter, I always get asked to hire that female. Like I'm doing a search, I'd love more diversity, I want the female, I want this, I want that. And I can help them find those things. I can help recruit." And then what happens is they send me a contract that says "I will adhere to non-discriminatory practices. I'll ensure everyone has an equal opportunity." But they just told me to hire a basket weaver, and now they saying I have to be open to every kind of craft there is. I don't, these two are incongruent. What do I do? If you always hired someone from company X, with a degree of Y, then you're actually de-risking failure. You're not ensuring success. I know at a minimum what they're capable of doing, therefore they're going…
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