Mercari D&I Attract project

by Jess H.

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1 Mercari D&I Attract project Jessica Ho

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2 @jess Joined Mercari: November 1st, 2018 Role: Talent Acquisition team / Technical Recruiter D&I Attract Project member Background: (Tokyo) Associate Consultant → Consultant at a recruiting ﬁrm executive search team in IT industry (2yrs) Non-recruitment experience (Hong Kong) Sales Assistant@ trading company, Startup manager @ apparel company

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3 D&I Attract Project Overview 01 02 Analysis and Goal setting 03 04 Outreach activities Challenges and future ideas

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4 What is D&I Attract Project Focus on D&I hiring initiatives Lead: Talent Acquisition team 20% of work time WHO WHAT WHEN

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5 What is D&I Attract Project D&I Attract Project Started!

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6 IMAGE

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7 Kickstarting: Analysis and Goal setting Analysis our current data to answer a few main questions: ○ Diversity in our current hiring situation? ○ How are we doing comparing to the market? ○ What areas should we focus ﬁrst? Initial Focus: Gender Diversity

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8 1. Diversity in our current hiring situation IMAGE IMAGE

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9 2. How are we doing comparing to the market? Talent pool & Current members by Job category & market demographics IMAGE

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10 3. What areas should we focus ﬁrst? Categorize to 2 Groups and deﬁne the action plans respectively IMAGE IMAGE

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11 Goal setting & strategy overview Mid-long term goal: To increase the gender ratio of applicants (Talent pool) to match with market average

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12 Hiring ● Bias check on JD ● Fair representation of interviewers ● Updating application form and privacy policy for sensitive information ● Monitoring gender % on scouting activities

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13 Outreach activities - Internal initiates Youtube channel & events

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14 Outreach activities - Internal initiates Mercari Women in Tech event series - Vol. 5 coming soon on Aug 24!

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15 Outreach activities - Internal initiates Company Blog - mercan

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16 Outreach activities - Internal initiates Collaboration with other D&I communities: Pride week posts

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17 Outreach activities - External collaboration Partnership with Women Who Code Social Media Collaboration WWCode×Mercari Online Event: Tips on Managing Engineering Teams Remotely

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18 Outreach activities - External collaboration Build Your Future w/ Wafﬂe (lead by D&I Lead)

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19 Challenges Long journey and there is no shortcut Improving D&I employer image on the international stage Stay focus on what we can do now

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20 The journey continues What can we do more or do better? ● More creative activities or program to interact or support the community ● Cover larger scope of topics in D&I hiring

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21 Thank you! Jessica Ho / ホジェシカ