Shaking up your Recruitment Process

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In today’s show on Shaking up your Recrutiment Process

• Why I decided to make an episode on this shaking up your recruitment process. [00:59]
• Evidence for changing the way you do things as per McKinsey Diversity Wins 2020 Article. [02:05]
• Why shaking up recruitment practices are absolutely crucial. [05:15]
• How to think about and shake up your recruitment process. [06:16]
• Examples of organisations that have shaken up their recruitment practices for the better. [16:15]

Quotes

• Often when an equality issue comes to the fore, as we’ve seen with race, equality, gender diversity, sexual violence towards women, the first reaction is to talk about recruitment.
• Shaking up your recruitment process doesn’t have to be complicated!
• Consider placing job adverts in other languages, and on country-specific job sites depending on the skills or languages required.
• Be prepared to do things differently and get out of your comfort zone.
• Videos can be used more extensively for recruitment to encourage a more diverse pool of applicants.

Resources for Shaking Up your Recruitment Process

• Podcast #52: The Messy Myth of Meritocracy
• Podcast #67: Diversifying Boards and why you need to
• McKinsey Diversity Wins 2020 Article
• EvenBreak
• BAME Recruitment
• Rare Recruitment
• MyGwork
• Diversity Jobsite
• Diversity Dashboard
• Vercida
• My Diversity
• Females in tech roles and women return scheme like Credit Suisse
• Black Tech Networks
• We are The City
• Women in Tech run by Maggie Berry
• Tech Pixies partnership potentially
• Wise Campaign
• Age
• Targeted LinkedIn Ads
• Side Labs Internship

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