Latest insights on talent strategies, leadership trends, HR tech, and fostering inclusive workplace cultures for 2023 and beyond. As promising as AI-driven recruitment and VR/AR onboarding seem, they are not without their challenges. AI algorithms, after all, are crafted by humans, and if not properly calibrated, they could inherit the biases they're meant to eliminate. Similarly, if not thoughtfully implemented, VR and AR could create divisive experiences rather than inclusive ones.
Three Diversity Recruiting Mistakes That Are All Too Frequent
In the past year, the importance of diversity in the workplace — and the evident need for change — has become a key focus for many businesses. Business leadership rapidly understands the intrinsic advantages of a varied and equitable workforce, although many leaders wrongly regard diversity programs as a diversion.
How You Can Eliminate Bias In Recruitment
What unconscious bias in recruitment entails. Unconscious bias occurs during the employment process when you generate an opinion about prospects based on first impressions. Or, when you favor one candidate over another simply because the first one appears to be someone with whom you would be comfortable socializing outside of work.
Are You Having Difficulty Finding Diverse Talent? Here's How to Make It Easier for More People to Find Work.
It is possible that you, as a company executive, require personnel to complete your team. You see it as a fantastic chance, one that comes with a slew of advantages. However, even though you specifically said that you would like to recruit a person of color in the job description, as the applications start rolling in, you notice they are almost exclusively from heterosexual, white, cisgender men of a certain age and gender identity.