Attracting Diverse Talents

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1. 1 Attracting Diverse Talents Why is it important, and how do we do it?
2. 2 Let’s Talk Diverse Teams Diversity in teams comes in many shapes and sizes • Gender • Age • Disability • Thought process • Culture • And many more! All of these are important, and they all play a vital role in shaping the team, it’s performance, and overall impact. Let’s look at an example
3. 3 Employee X Employee X is a software engineer with a hearing impairment. As the company starts developing a new product feature related to “audio attachments”, employee X wonders how they will be able to use it. Implement Idea Revise Propose Listen
4. 4 So, where can we find Employee X? • Be aware of your company policies around storing data related to D&I hiring • Source with the understanding that different talents can be reached via different channels • Relay D&I related hiring pitfalls to hiring managers • As covered earlier, diverse talent can mean many different things, avoid using mental labels • Treat others as you want to be treated, when reaching out to qualified professionals, treat them as such • Hiring individuals with different backgrounds will improve the team over time Don’t find employee X just for the sake of it Employee X comes in infinite shapes and sizes
5. 5 How to Approach Sourcing, Focused on D&I It’s best to source using a variety of different “creative” tactics. Let’s avoid becoming dependent on a single channel. Using a variety of channels, brings a variety of talent. Wow! Our hires are contributing such unique ideas! A brings us a steady source of hires! Channel A A B C D
6. 6 Conclusion • To find and attract diverse talent, you must also have diverse sourcing channels • Business SNS is great, but having dedicated time to focus on creative sourcing is better • D&I hiring is a long term initiative. It is not something to do just to hit a quota.
7. 7 Thank you! Nicolas Angelone