In recent years, companies have begun to increasingly value diversity in the workplace. With research that shows less homogenous teams perform better on key financial metrics, hiring is a critical process to diversify teams and bring in new perspectives to any company’s culture.
Below are some reflections from an example of hiring process adaptations and recommendations to create a more equitable hiring process. It’s important to note that while creating equitable processes can support an increase in diversity in new hires, focusing on the processes themselves is what will sustainably create long-term guardrails to encourage team members to slow down, notice, and check their biases.
