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Talent Management & Hiring
All Levels
Structured Hiring to Build Stronger Teams
Train hiring teams to reduce bias and design inclusive, effective hiring processes that attract top talent from all backgrounds.
Formats offered
In-person or virtual workshop
In-person or virtual keynote
Self-paced in Surface Learning
Designing an effective, inclusive hiring process is critical to building a diverse, high-performance organization. Paradigm has analyzed hiring practices across hundreds of organizations and has identified a range of barriers that undermine inclusive hiring. Our Effective & Inclusive Hiring workshop is designed to equip hiring managers, interviewers, and recruiters to address these barriers by using evidence-based strategies to manage unconscious bias and create a more inclusive candidate experience.
Training Includes:
Research
Self Reflection
Discussions
Activities
Action Planning
Learning Objectives
What unconscious bias is and how it affects the hiring process.
The importance of mitigating bias to create better and more equitable hiring outcomes.
The importance of creating a structured, inclusive candidate experience.
Manage bias throughout the hiring process, from building pipelines and reviewing resumes to conducting interviews and discussing candidates.
High-Level Outline
Introduction
Discuss the science of unconscious bias and how it undermines effective, inclusive hiring outcomes.
Top-of-the Funnel
Consider how bias can show up in job descriptions, career sites, and sourcing strategies, undermining inclusion and influencing the diversity of candidates.
Action planning: Articulate key competencies for an open role, and develop strategies to attract a more diverse candidate pool.
Assessing Candidates
Explore how bias can affect the selection process—from reviewing resumes to conducting interviews—undermining objectivity and creating a less inclusive candidate experience.
Action planning: Create interview questions and rubrics to evaluate competencies and mitigate bias.
Debriefs
Consider how disparities in our evaluations limit objectivity in debriefs and final decisions.
Action planning: Design norms to limit group-based biases and encourage accountability in candidate debriefs.
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