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A message to Employers and Hiring Managers PART TWO

If you want to demonstrate a genuine commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and inclusive hiring.

You need to give your Recruiters explicit permission to uphold inclusive hiring principles. What does that look like?

✅ It starts by giving them exclusivity and control of the vacancy - whether they be your internal or external recruitment partner.

✅ Then it's acknowledging that it's not a RACE and that equitable, accessible and inclusive hiring can take a bit more time.

✅ It is allowing your recruitment partner to challenge and disrupt Bias throughout, which means agreeing at the start that it can be called out without fear of conflict.

✅ It is committing to a consistent and fair interview process.

✅ Its always providing meaningful and evidence-based interview feedback. Not using phrases like "not quite right" or "wont fit in here" or "my guts telling me....." or radio silence.....

✅ It is supporting them to manage equitable and inclusive salary negotiations, encouraging them to advocate for fair salary outcomes for their candidate and not pressuring them to negotiate the candidate down to save money in the short term - leading to longer-term pay-gap pain.

What else would you add?





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I’ve been asked recently which International Women’s Day theme companies should align with.

IWD’s theme of Embrace Equity or UN’s Women’s theme of Innovation and Technology for gender equality?

I’m not going to lie, I’m not a fan of this year’s IWD theme, and I won’t be hugging myself any time soon. Personally, I don’t think which theme you align with is important. As an employer, I’d be much more concerned about looking performative.

Our good friend, the Gender Pay Gap Bot, had a field day last year highlighting performative work around Gender equality by automatically posting a company’s Gender Pay Gap underneath every post about IWD. I’m sure they will be back this year…

So before you pick a theme, or if you already have, maybe cancel that photoshoot of all your women employees hugging each other and focus on one theme.

How can we better the experience for women in our organisation? Isn’t that the most essential theme of all?

Or should I consider hugging myself……