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How innovative companies combat unconscious hiring bias

Workable

On June 28, at the third installment of our Workable Ideas speaker series , we learned about effective strategies for reducing bias in hiring from Diane Hessan , CEO of the Startup Institute , Carlie Smith , Senior Talent Agent at OpenView Partners , Marissa Parillo , Senior Recruiter at Datadog and Petar Vujosevic , co-founder of GapJumpers.*.

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How to hire more women in tech sales

Workable

At Workable, we take this to heart, especially as we build our sales team. Often times, unconsciously or otherwise, hiring managers discriminate against female sales candidates. But, Workable remains the only place I have ever worked where two women influence the company’s revenue goals. We’ll be hosting one of those events.

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How to build a social media recruitment strategy: An FAQ guide

Workable

Make sure you understand and follow regulations against discrimination during the entire hiring process. If you’re using Workable as your ATS, you can view candidates’ LinkedIn profile data along with InMails exchanged, all in one place. Share pictures of your offices and company events. Share your company culture.

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How to hire more women in tech sales

Workable

At Workable, we take this to heart, especially as we build our sales team. Often times, unconsciously or otherwise, hiring managers discriminate against female sales candidates. But, Workable remains the only place I have ever worked where two women influence the company’s revenue goals. How we plan to cultivate female talent.

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Hiring for culture fit: The key to attracting and retaining talent

Workable

Some warn that hiring for culture fit is a way to discriminate against people with different personalities. The basis of culture-driven recruiting is hiring on aptitude and attitude first,” says Lee-Anne, who hosted a holiday networking event and book launch at Workable’s downtown Boston office in early November.

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Gender inequality in the workplace: A lack of women in leadership

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And while the battle against gender inequality in the workplace is not a one-day event, this day is still a good opportunity to assess where we stand right now, what has changed from this time last year and previous years, and where we can improve. Age discrimination in the workplace is also a common issue specifically for women.

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Ethical AI: guidelines and best practices for HR pros

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Their AI Fairness 360 toolkit , for example, is an open-source library that provides metrics and algorithms to help detect and mitigate bias in AI systems. Define performance metrics Identify relevant metrics to assess AI system performance, such as accuracy, fairness and explainability.