Better Hiring Practices for Fun and Profit

Panel for RailsConf 2017 on hiring practices that encourage diversity.

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1. Better hiring practices for fun and profit #RAILSCONF 2017
2. Step 1. Better hiring practices in tech Step 2. ??? Step 3. Profit! @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
3. #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
4. INTROS @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
5. Cecy Correa Chapter Leader, Girl Develop It @cecycorrea
6. Heather Corallo Founder, CTO2 @HRCorallo
7. Justin Herrick Founder, Lunar Collective @jah2488
8. Pamela Vickers Software Engineering Manager, Mailchimp @pwnela
9. What is the worst job interview you’ve ever had? ICEBREAKER @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
10. Writing (and reading) job descriptions
11. How do you write a good job description? JOB DESCRIPTIONS @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
12. What advice do you have for job seekers reading job descriptions? JOB DESCRIPTIONS @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
13. Assessing tech ability
14. Setting the stage: Assessing tech ability Doctor’s coat Painter’s coat SOURCE: INVISIBILIA ‘WHITE COAT’
15. What is the best way to assess tech ability? ASSESSING TECH ABILITY @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
16. devil’s advocate question Why do we need to assess tech ability? ASSESSING TECH ABILITY @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
17. Reaching the right audience
18. How do you reach the right audience for your position? REACHING AUDIENCES @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
19. REACHING AUDIENCES How do you get noticed in a sea of applicants? @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
20. REACHING AUDIENCES How do you reach a diverse audience? @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
21. Diversity
22. DIVERSITY Why is hiring diversely important for companies? @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
23. DIVERSITY What about diversity of thought or background? @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
24. Gender gap
25. Setting the stage: gender gap SOURCE: HP Study / Harvard Business Review • Women apply to a job if they meet 100% of the qualifications. • Men apply to jobs if they meet 60% of the qualifications.
26. Setting the stage: gender gap SOURCE: HP Study / Harvard Business Review “What held them back from applying was not a mistaken perception about themselves, but a mistaken perception about the hiring process.”
27. GENDER GAP Do you agree or disagree with the study’s findings? @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
28. GENDER GAP Is our hiring process gender biased? @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
29. Unconscious bias
30. Setting the stage: unconscious bias SOURCE: Project Implicit “everyone carries with them implicit biases that may change how people perceive or interact with others [...] which can lead people to inadvertently act in ways that may be discriminatory or are influenced by stereotypes that people would consciously reject.”
31. Setting the stage: unconscious bias CAUCASIAN / MALE NAME ETHNIC / FEMALE NAME
32. UNCONSCIOUS BIAS What are practices that can reduce unconscious bias? @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
33. Culture vs. values
34. CULTURE VS. VALUES What is culture and how does it differ from values? @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
35. CULTURE VS. VALUES Can culture keep you from hiring different people? @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS
36. #HIRERAILS Audience Q&A @cecycorrea @HRCorallo @pwnela @JAH2488 #RAILSCONF #HIRERAILS