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The recruiting and hiring process is key to achieving a diverse workforce. It’s also an area where common mistakes can undercut an employer’s commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) goals.
Michael S. Cohen, a partner in the Philadelphia office of Duane Morris, presented the following scenario: The organization is saying all the right things around DE&I, but the levels of diversity that they’re trying to achieve are frustratingly out of reach.
“What’s going on?” he asked attendees at the SHRM Talent Conference & Expo 2022 in Denver on April 11. “You’re looking to hire the most qualified individual for the job, you’re embracing DE&I, you’re ensuring compliance with legal requirements and are aware of implicit bias, but there are still common hiring mistakes in the pre-applicant stage and during interviews that devalue the important DE&I initiatives that are being undertaken by the company.”