In most workplaces. It’s still one size fits all in policies, processes, and tools. We no longer live in a data-poor world, but we continue to use … Read more
Seeking to Improve Diversity and Inclusion? Consider These Recommendations
Talent-acquisition professionals in any specialty ranging from university relations to sourcers to Candidate-experience directors are working hard to find … Read more
The First Step to Creating an Equitable Company Culture Is Asking the Right Questions
I recently asked my Facebook friends, many of whom are in staffing, if they noticed that leaders in recruiting are disproportionately male. I explained … Read more
What We Should Take Away From Amazon’s Embedding Bias in Its Algorithm and Stopping the Project
A while ago I wrote an article warning recruiters about embedding their bias in their selection algorithms. The problem, as I described, is we all have a … Read more
Don’t Embed Your Bias in Your Algorithm
AI, algorithms, and machine learning are the buzzwords in recruitment at the moment. Although many don’t really know what they entail, everybody … Read more
Greenhouse Raises $50 Million, Touts Diversity Offering
Greenhouse, a popular applicant tracking solution, joined a growing number of its peers raising money lately. Hired, for example, just raised $30 million. … Read more
Why Recruiting Professionals Should Care About These 5 Groups That Are Revolutionizing Diversity Recruiting
Unfortunately, the flippant use of the word “diversity” has caused it to lose potency in important hiring conversations when speaking with … Read more
Our Autism at Work Program: Five Years Later
Looking back five years ago, Apple was releasing the iPhone 5, selfies, and emojis were introduced to pop culture, and Twitter announced its IPO. During … Read more
Dice Survey on Tech Industry Finds Discrimination, Bias, Ageism Are Still Big Problems
This shouldn’t come as any great surprise: Dice’s new Diversity and Inclusion Report 2018 finds that discrimination and bias are still major problems … Read more
Need Women Applicants? A List of the Targeted Information That Triggers Applications
Learn About the 25+ Information Areas That Excite Women to Apply In last week’s ERE.net article entitled “Need Women Applicants? Understand Why … Read more
On Heels of Glassdoor’s $1.2 Billion Sale, Fairygodboss Raises $3 Million
Life is pretty good for the anonymous employee review business. In fact, Glassdoor can now give 1.2 billion reasons why it’s good to be in the … Read more
Need Women Applicants? Why Micro-targeting Women Triggers More to Apply
Understanding Why Providing “the Right Information” Causes Women to Apply Let’s get right to the point. HR is way too often risk averse, it is not … Read more
Direct From Women in Tech: Here’s How to Attract and Retain Us
More than half of U.S.-based women in tech say their ideas are ignored in meetings until a man repeats them. Are you kidding me? More than half also say … Read more
3 Drastic Ways to Improve Diversity Hiring
I was on a Fortune 250 company’s website recently and clicked over to its careers page. A career talent-acquisition professional, I’m always curious to see … Read more
This Big Fish Swims Fast to Bring ‘Experience of a Lifetime’ to Vail Resorts
David Reed is the VP of global talent at Vail Resorts, the premier mountain resort company with a simple mission: “Experience of a Lifetime.” That … Read more
You Have a Choice: Diversity and Inclusion Doormat, or Change Agent
Last year was a milestone for underrepresented groups across industries when it comes to diversity, inclusion, and the flurry of “me too” stories that were … Read more
How Great Employer Branding Answers the Question on Every Female Jobseeker’s Mind
Recently, my husband and I bought a new apartment. Before making our final decision, we looked at over 30 homes (much to our broker’s great chagrin). At … Read more
Employers Aren’t All That Interested in Artificial Intelligence (Yet)
For all the talk and commentary dedicated to artificial intelligence in our industry, you’d think adoption and interest would be hockey-sticking to … Read more
Werk Raises $2.9 Million to Improve Workplace Flexibility for Women
Werk, a job board platform focused on schedule flexibility, announced on August 4 that it closed its seed funding round, having raised $2.9 million. … Read more
Engineer’s Anti-Diversity Memo Gets Sharp Rebuke From Google
A political firestorm has erupted at Google over a 10-page memo by a software engineer challenging the company’s diversity efforts, declaring that … Read more