How do you balance diversity and inclusion with screening for job qualifications?
Balancing diversity and inclusion with screening for job qualifications is crucial in creating a robust and dynamic workforce. Here are some strategies to achieve this balance:
- Create an Inclusive Job Description: Job descriptions should focus on the essential skills and qualifications necessary for the job. Make sure that the language used doesn’t exclude any group, and avoid jargon, unnecessary requirements, and gendered language. This helps attract a diverse pool of applicants.
- Use a Standardised Screening Process: Apply the same process and criteria to all candidates to reduce unconscious bias. This could involve using a checklist or a scoring system based on the job requirements.
- Blind Screening: Consider removing personally identifiable information, such as names, addresses, and educational institutions, from applications during the initial screening phase. This can help minimise unconscious bias related to gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic background.
- Diverse Interview Panels: Including diverse individuals in the interview and selection process can help minimise individual biases and ensure different perspectives are considered.
- Unconscious Bias Training: Train your HR team and hiring managers about unconscious bias. This helps them make more objective decisions based on qualifications and skills, rather than personal characteristics.
- Consider Transferable Skills: Don’t just focus on specific experiences. Candidates from diverse backgrounds can bring a range of transferable skills that might be beneficial to your organisation.
- Diversity and Inclusion Goals: Have clear diversity and inclusion goals but remember that these are not quotas. Hiring decisions should always be made based on qualifications and the candidate’s ability to perform the job.
Remember, the objective is to create a balanced workforce where diversity is valued, and employees are selected based on their qualifications and the value they bring to the team. Incorporating these strategies can help you achieve both diversity and a highly qualified workforce.
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PEEQ is a specialist HR Recruitment Agency based in London. We partner with CEOs and business leaders to recruit high calibre HR professionals aligned to their purpose, who take ownership of employee wellbeing and enable our clients to achieve their business goals.
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The average fill rate amongst HR Recruitment Agencies is 46%, but at PEEQ our average fill rate sits above 90%, So you are twice as likely to make a hire if you choose PEEQ.
This is due to two reasons:
Firstly, we only partner with our clients on an exclusive basis, so we ‘own the responsibility’
Secondly, we don’t employ recruiters. Instead, we work with trusted and proven freelance HR recruiters, to hire for our clients.
We give them the tools and infrastructure to be successful, and the rest is down to their magic and experience. Our Associates are not employed by us and only get paid for making a successful hire.
This makes them incredibly tenacious and committed to finding the best talent, which is why our fill rate sits above 90%, compared to the industry average of 46%.
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