Diversity & Inclusion in Hiring On-Site Training

This LIVE, instructor-led course guides you through the steps you need to make objective and equitable hiring decisions, while ensuring you hire the most qualified people for your open positions.

Course Description/Agenda

The research is clear — diverse talent leads to higher levels of productivity, innovation, and performance. But, if you’re struggling to find and hire the diverse workers you need, it’s time to revisit the way you hire.

To attract a broad range of qualified job candidates, it’s critical to understand how diversity and inclusion play into the hiring practice. From job descriptions to interview questions to the selection process, this LIVE, instructor-led course guides you through the steps you need to make objective and equitable hiring decisions, while ensuring you hire the most qualified people for your open positions.

What You Will Learn

Attract a broad range of qualified job candidates
Write more inclusive job titles and descriptions
Draft more effective interview questions
Accurately spot adaptable, high-potential workers
Cut bias in your selection process

Workshop Agenda

Program time: 3 hours

Session 1: Creating Inclusive Job Titles and Descriptions

Identify the role played by job titles and job descriptions in hiring
Write more inclusive job titles and descriptions
Apply techniques to evaluate and improve your job descriptions
Align strong titles and descriptions to DEI initiatives and goals

Session 2: Drafting Effective Interview Questions

Write interview questions that are strong, insightful and inclusive
Discover why the questions you ask can lead to the wrong or right hire
Ensure questions reflect the tasks, responsibilities and behaviors of the job
Apply techniques that objectively measure candidate responses

Session 3: Selecting Candidates Without Bias

Make more objective and equitable hiring decisions
Differentiate multiple candidates with similar skills and abilities
Determine the potential of candidates based on growth opportunities
Define mission, values and organizational habits to help evaluate candidates

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