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How HR Can Tackle Diversity Using the Rooney Rule

Visier

In August 2015, the need for more workforce diversity was spotlighted in a big way when President Obama issued a call to action to technology companies, encouraging them to hire more women and minorities by implementing the Rooney Rule. The need to hire diversely goes beyond dollars and cents, too. How to keep track of your compliance.

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Why You Should Value Competencies and Skills Over College Degrees?

AvilarHR

Requiring a college degree limits employer access to a bigger, more diverse talent pool. Says economist Byron Auguste, “If you arbitrarily say that a job needs to have a bachelor’s degree, you are screening out over 70% of African-Americans. Drop the college degree requirement to reach a more diverse talent pool.

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5 Examples of Racial Bias in Hiring

Ongig

They include racial bias in job descriptions, candidate screening, interviewing, job offers, and background checks. Racial Bias in Candidate Screening. Lever’s blog on unconscious bias in the recruitment process hits on blind resume screenings. iCIMS’s Diversity and Inclusion Solutions. What’s in a name?

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How Companies Identify Talent with Janine Nicole Dennis & Kage Spatz

Thrive Global

This was in 2006. I seek diversity. Unless you are a government entity or contractor, it is unnecessary to put prospective employees through multiple screenings, interviews, and evaluations. I believe that job set the tone for the HR professional and business woman I would become eventually.

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Why You Should Value Competencies and Skills Over College Degrees

AvilarHR

Requiring a college degree limits employer access to a bigger, more diverse talent pool. Says economist Byron Auguste, “If you arbitrarily say that a job needs to have a bachelor’s degree, you are screening out over 70% of African-Americans. Drop the college degree requirement to reach a more diverse talent pool.

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Joe Lorenzo: “Don’t live to work, you must work to live”

Thrive Global

In 2006 Joe Lorenzo changed the name of his company to Society Entertainment, in continued efforts in the fields of packaging, and producing. In 2006, Joe produced “Rocker” a low budget indie with his client as the writer and the star. We are very interested in diversity in the entertainment industry.

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Pre-employment testing: pros and cons

Workable

Unstructured interviews , resume screenings and pre-interview calls are ineffective predictors of job performance. Other assessment methods like screening calls and unstructured interviews can be unfair. But cognitive ability and knowledge tests can disproportionately screen out non-white candidates. Tests can be discriminatory.