Hiring & Recruiting 

An inclusive recruitment process (including sourcing, screening, interviewing and offer negotiation) should be intentionally developed from an early stage in order to ensure an unbiased process and access to a greater pool of  talent. 

• 6 Ways Diversity And Inclusion Impact The Cost And Effectiveness Of Recruiting (Forbes)

  This article describes how D&I impacts recruiting, sharing six ways companies are shrinking their talent pool by not being diverse and inclusive. 

• Job Portals & Directories (Aleria)

  This list of job boards and portals are a great place to start when looking to hire new talent. They each attract diverse talent and empower underrepresented candidates. 

• How to Make Diversity a Hiring Priority at the Startup Stage (Built In)

  This article explains why startups should make diversity a hiring priority early on and provides guidance on how to make diversity efforts effective.

• How to Take the Bias Out of Interviews (Harvard Business Review)

  The interview stage of the hiring process is particularly vulnerable to bias. This article outlines steps you can take to reduce this and create a more inclusive interview experience.

• Employee lifecycle (Project Include)

  Project Include’s guide on the employee lifecycle points out that companies must keep inclusion in mind beyond the hiring process itself. They discuss the importance of transparent and inclusive hiring in addition to the role of onboarding. 

• Want to Hire More a More Diverse Set of People? Raise Your Bar (Paradigm)

  We’ve often heard people talk about “lowering the bar” when hiring with diversity in mind. Joelle Emerson discusses why this is the wrong way to think and how to actually raise the bar in order to hire a more diverse set of people.