Hiring and retaining for diversity

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@sarahjwells Hiring and retaining a diverse engineering team Sarah Wells @sarahjwells

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@sarahjwells Why aim for a diverse team? http://csi.nuff.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ Are-employers-in-Britain-discriminating-against-ethnic-minorities_final.pdf

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@sarahjwells https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1509515258276286472

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@sarahjwells https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1509515258276286472

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@sarahjwells Why aim for a diverse team? https://hbr.org/2016/11/why-diverse-teams-are-smarter

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@sarahjwells Why aim for a diverse team? They focus more on facts They process those facts more carefully They are more innovative https://hbr.org/2016/11/why-diverse-teams-are-smarter

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@sarahjwells https://medium.com/ft-product-technology/the-diversity-redemption-9a5e200c34b3

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@sarahjwells https://medium.com/ft-product-technology/the-diversity-redemption-9a5e200c34b3

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@sarahjwells Hiring Retaining

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@sarahjwells Hiring Retaining

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@sarahjwells Showcase an inclusive culture HIRING

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@sarahjwells https://aboutus.ft.com/company/diversity-inclusion

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@sarahjwells https://medium.com/ft-product-technology

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@sarahjwells

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@sarahjwells Use your networks HIRING

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@sarahjwells Bad job specs can filter out good people https://labs.ft.com/2014/08/not-everything-is-awesome/ HIRING

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@sarahjwells Make sure no one is interviewed exclusively by straight white men HIRING

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@sarahjwells Expect a diverse shortlist HIRING

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@sarahjwells https://medium.com/ft-product-technology/making-recruitment- fair-for-people-of-colour-66a3ad907a7d

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@sarahjwells Don’t select based on how much free time someone has HIRING

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@sarahjwells Support non-standard routes into coding HIRING

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@sarahjwells http://makers.tech/ https://codeyourfuture.io/

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@sarahjwells Hiring Retaining

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@sarahjwells https://wpassets.ncwit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/13193304/ ncwit_women-in-it_2016-full-report_final-web06012016.pdf

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@sarahjwells Talk about what you do to support diversity and inclusion RETAINING

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@sarahjwells https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/14/i-set-up-a-twitter-bot-to-expose -companies-pay-gaps-16272035/

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@sarahjwells RETAINING This needs to include white men in leadership positions

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@sarahjwells Give opportunities to underrepresented people RETAINING

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@sarahjwells Tanya Reilly: https://noidea.dog/glue

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@sarahjwells Data is crucial RETAINING

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@sarahjwells Use the data to make things fairer RETAINING

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@sarahjwells Metrics show what matters RETAINING

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@sarahjwells Offer training, and expect your leaders to attend RETAINING

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@sarahjwells Stand up for people https://larahogan.me/blog/what-sponsorship-looks-like/ RETAINING

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@sarahjwells Set up employee networks RETAINING

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@sarahjwells https://aboutus.ft.com/company/employee-networks

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@sarahjwells https://aboutus.ft.com/company/employee-networks

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@sarahjwells https://aboutus.ft.com/company/employee-networks

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@sarahjwells Be prepared for difficult conversations RETAINING

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@sarahjwells https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/hiring-a-diverse-team

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@sarahjwells https://aboutus.ft.com/careers

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@sarahjwells Questions?