Embracing Diversity: The Significance of Women in the Workforce
The Significance of Women in the Workforce Women’s participation and contributions in the workforce have a profound impact on economic and societal development. Women constitute a significant portion of employees, accounting for 46.8% of the total labor force in the US, according to the BLS…
5 Secrets to Diversity Hiring – Explained By Sourcing Expert
An ardent supporter of diversity and inclusion, you can often see Jaipreet Singh share laughs, coffee, and work with people of diverse backgrounds around the office. He believes that diversity and inclusion go beyond numbers and goals. It lies in the value system. Currently working…
International Women’s Day: Choose To Challenge Your Hiring Biases With These 5 Steps
Every year you circle the goal and ask your team to work on reducing the gender gap in your organization. Lunches, training, awareness programs, and women empowerment lectures make it to your year-long list of women empowerment initiatives. But do you know all your efforts…
Black History Month: Here’s All You Need to Know About the Month
Every February, people in the United States celebrate the achievements and history of African Americans as part of Black History Month. Going beyond stories of racism and slavery, this month-long celebration honors the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans in different fields such as science,…
6 Ways to Take Your Diversity Hiring to the Next Level
Chances are you already have a diversity plan laid out for your company. But as time progresses, you need to constantly revamp it to adjust it with the ongoing diversity needs. Earlier, in the name of diversity, companies only focused on hiring women. However, with…
4 Reasons Your Company Needs a Chief Diversity Officer
“Diversity enriches our performance and products…Microsoft [is] a company that has not only adapted well to rapid change in the business landscape, [it] has elevated the standards of what we can expect in a technology provider when it comes to diversity and inclusion.” — Microsoft’s Chief…
4 Ways to Improve Diversity Hiring Programs in College Recruiting
Companies target potential candidates as early in their careers as possible, hoping to attract the cream of the crop. But when it comes to the fight for attracting top talent in the game, companies are being forced to strategize and innovate their college recruiting strategy….
How to Attract Qualified Women for Tech Roles?
World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap, 2018 report predicts that it could take up to 108 years to bridge the education, economic, health, and political gap between both the genders. And the wait might get longer if the women workforce share drops in the near…
Pride Month: 6 Ways You Can Build a Gender Inclusive Workplace
For the LGBTQ+ community, June is the month of celebration and pride. And for you, it is a nudge to peek inside and evaluate your stand in supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Researches reveal that the last few years have substantially pushed the progress for LGBTQ+….
3 Reasons: Why You Should Add Cultural Fit into Your Diversity Hiring Plan
Today, when unconscious bias is plaguing the Human Resource (HR) industry, diversity hiring is rising to occasion and addressing the challenge. It is hitting the racial, physical, and mental biases of the hiring process and pushing companies to break the hiring barriers. Adding back the…