If you’re losing diverse talent before they even join, it’s time to rethink your process...
The secret? Standardize AND Customize.
Here’s how it works:
1️⃣ Standardize:
Ask every candidate the same core questions.
Assess everyone on the same critical skills.
Use predefined scoring rubrics for fairness.
Why does this matter?
Because standardization levels the playing field and eliminates bias.
2️⃣ Customize:
This is where inclusion becomes real. For example:
Offer extra time during interviews for candidates who need it.
Provide alternative ways to showcase skills beyond traditional formats.
Adapt the process to reduce unnecessary stress or barriers.
The result?
A hiring process that’s fair, inclusive, and ensures diverse candidates thrive.
#dei #hiring #informedecisions
Stop the Diversity Tokenism: Real Inclusion Requires Real Effort
Hiring diverse individuals just to check a box is not only discriminatory but also undermines the very groups it aims to support, making them seem less qualified.
True diversity is not a trade-off; there are plenty of qualified, diverse candidates. Organizations must invest in bringing them into the hiring pipeline and then not letting them fall between the bias cracks of the hiring process.
#dei #bias #informedecisions
How is measuring your interviewers related to DEI?
Many organizations currently focus their DEI approach on collective accountability, but that doesn’t produce real results on DEI outcomes. HR should hold leaders accountable, using a DEI approach that leads to consequential accountability. The consequential accountability approach includes utilizing data for more equitable talent decisions, customized approaches to enable leader execution of DEI goals, and requiring and tracking progress from every leader in the organization.
#dei #accountability #informedecisions
WHAT IS CONSEQUENTIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HOW CAN IT IMPROVE YOUR DEI OUTCOMES?
Research by Gartner (link in the 1st comment) shows that 51% of DEI leaders say their top challenge is business leaders failing to take ownership for driving DEI outcomes. One of Gartner’s key recommendations for organizations is to foster consequential accountability.
Gartner defines consequential accountability as a framework within HR practices that ties the success or failure of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives directly to the job performance evaluations of leaders within an organization.
This approach ensures that senior leaders make meaningful progress against their DEI goals, which is essential for their career progression within the organization.
The concept aims to motivate leaders to prioritize and effectively integrate DEI objectives into their regular business operations and decision-making processes.
TOP KPIS TO MEASURE POST-IMPLEMENTING SKILLS-BASED HIRING
1. Quality of hire before and after the implementation of skills-based hiring.
2. Diversity of hire before and after the implementation of skills-based hiring.
3. Top skills among new hires.
4. Skills to be developed among new hires.
#skillsbasedhiring #dei #informedecisions
WHY IS SKILLS-BASED HIRING PIVOTAL FOR DIVERSIFYING YOUR WORKFORCE?
Skills-based hiring offers a powerful approach to diversifying the workforce by looking beyond traditional measures such as experience, education, and other credentials. Instead, it focuses on assessing a candidate's specific skills and abilities that are relevant to the job at hand. By adopting this approach, you can provide opportunities to individuals who may have acquired skills through alternative pathways or non-traditional backgrounds. This opens doors for candidates who may have faced systemic barriers or lacked access to traditional educational resources.
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HOW IS SKILLS-BASED HIRING MORE INCLUSIVE THAN TRADITIONAL HIRINGING - A REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE
Imagine you are hiring for a sales position. With the traditional hiring approach you would say: “Let’s hire people with a degree in Business Administration a previous experience in sales. If they are coming from an Ivy League school or a well-known organization, that’s even better”. With the skills-based hiring approach, y would say: “Let’s review candidates from various positions that require excellent communication, working with targets, and independence. Where they studied and previously worked really doesn't matter, as long as they have the relevant skills''. By using a skill-based approach, you can open the position to many more candidates from various positions such as recruitment, admin, marketing, operations, and more. You also open your pipeline to candidates who did not have the privilege or opportunity to study or learn at well-known institutions.
#skillsbasedhiring #dei #informedecisions
KPIS TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVNESS OF STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS AND BIAS TRAINING IN BIAS REDUCTION
1. % of diverse candidates hired pre and post-implementing structured interviews and/or bias training.
2. Interview scores provided to diverse candidates vs. non-diverse candidates.
#dei #interviews #informedecisions
DO STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS AND BIAS TRAINING REALLY WORK IN REDUCING BIAS IN THE HIRING PROCESS?
Over 100 years of research evidence has proven that structured interviews predict job performance better than unstructured interviews and are fairer toward diverse candidates. Bias training, on the other hand, is showing mixed results. The key reason is that most information tends to be forgotten and people tend to revert to their old ways of decision-making.
#dei #interviews #bias #informedecisions
WHAT EVERYONE IS DOING DO REDUCE BIAS IN THEIR HIRING PROCESS?
Thanks to everyone who participated in our survey 'What actions are you taking to reduce bias in your interview process'.
As it arises from the survey, most of you are practicing bias training, interview guides, and scorecards.
Bias training and structured interviews are gradually and steadily becoming a best practice, as organizations recognize their importance in promoting diversity in the hiring process.
By implementing interview guides and scorecards, companies provide a consistent and fair evaluation framework for all candidates. For instance, companies like Amazon and Facebook have adopted structured interview guides to standardize the interview process, ensuring that all candidates are assessed against the same set of criteria. These guides outline the questions and evaluation criteria that interviewers should follow, reducing the potential for bias and enabling a more objective assessment. Furthermore, organizations like IBM and LinkedIn have invested in unconscious bias training programs, educating their hiring teams on implicit biases that may affect decision-making.
But are these practices actually effective? What can you do as a talent leader to differentiate yourself and stay on top of the curve?
Stay tuned for my next post and check out the link below ↓
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