If HR Has a Soaring Diversity Problem, You Need to Know That So Does Recruitment

There, I said it. Historically, and very much like HR, Recruitment has been a significantly white women-dominated space — which is problematic, to say the least.

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The Recruitment landscape has been changing in the last few years, but it’s still going to take a while to undo the many un-inclusive practices that are built into recruitment practices.

And sure, individual Recruiters could be very inclusive and bias-aware on their own, but the systems they operate under are still designed to benefit the privileged majority:

• Sourcing candidates and posting jobs only where you can get more traffic? Un-inclusive
• Writing job descriptions that would only make sense for someone that’s already been in that role and industry for years? Un-inclusive.
• Hiring based on cultural fit? Un-inclusive
• Referral programs? Un-inclusive
• Behavioral questions that only focus on past experience? Un-Inclusive
• Scheduling interviews based only on your preference and availability? Un-Inclusive
• Writing unstructured interview feedback…