From RallyFwd May 2023: www.rallyfwd.com/may-2023-rallyrm/

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A Fresh Approach to
Attracting, Engaging &
Retaining Diverse Talent
Roselle Rogers
Executive Director - DEI Strategy
Mitratech

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1. Post-pandemic job market
outlook
2. Strategies for hiring and
retaining diverse talent
3. Strategies and actions for
cultivating inclusion
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

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Market Forces
🡩Labor Supply
236K
Net Job Gains (March 2023)
25%
Voluntary Turnover
3.5%
Unemployment Rate (March
2023)
🡩 Wages &
Inflation
9.9M > 5.8M
Job Openings vs Unemployed
workers
4.6%
12-mo Wage Growth

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Top Diversity Challenges
Recruiting
Diverse
Talent
Retaining &
Engaging
Diverse
Talent

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Recruiting Diverse Talent
• 69% - their workforces are more
diverse than 2 years ago
• 58% - their workforces reflect
demographics of today’s marketplace
• Progress in diversity, but not enough
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Retaining Diverse Talent
• Diversity revolving door
• Good front-end process, but poor /
non-existent back-end process
• Culture, inclusion, people
practices, policies, and procedures
are important
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Hiring and Retaining Diverse Talent
Diversifying Your
Candidate Pipeline
Ensuring a Fair &
Unbiased Selection
Process
Creating an
Inclusive and
Equitable Workplace

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Diversifying Your Candidate Pipeline
Understand your
available talent
pool
Partner with
organizations
that serve
diverse talent
pools
Use tech and
tools that support
equitable
recruitment
Upskill your
teams around
bias and myths
about fit

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Diversifying Your Candidate Pipeline
Outreach to
Community-Based
Organizations
Outreach to
Minority-Serving
Academic Institutions
Partner with State
Workforce Agencies
Distribute jobs to
Diversity-focused
Employment Sites
Hiring events, job
shadows, open
houses

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Diversifying Your Candidate Pipeline

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Diversifying Your Candidate Pipeline
Community-Based
Organizations in
Circa’s Outreach
Management System

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Ensuring a Fair and Unbiased Selection Process
Review job criteria to focus
on skills-based hiring
Make job postings
accurate and inclusive
Standardize candidate
selection and evaluation
process
Evaluate selection
process for bias
Diversify
selection/interview panel
Train your recruiters and
hiring managers

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Blind Screening Tools
• Names are redacted
• No Photos
• Unbiased scoring

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Creating an Inclusive & Equitable Workplace
Develop more inclusive people practices
Focus on employee well-being, belonging, recognition, and engagement
Make diverse thinking and inclusive behavior a core value and competency

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Circa’s DEI Tool: ABI Calendar of DEI
Celebrations
• Comprehensive list of DEI
observances, holidays, and
awareness dates
• Ready to use
communication templates
to engage the workforce
• Educational materials for
each event complete with
employee action items
• Practitioner event guide
with insights & suggestions
to foster honor & respect
for the impacted group

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Our Journey – Our Results
Females
48.2%
Minorities
28.5%
Individuals with
Disabilities
19.2%

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Summary
•Diversity and inclusion is “mission critical”
•Successful diversity recruiting hinges on diverse
pipeline and inclusive selection process
•Employee engagement and inclusion are key to
retention
•People practices must align to support retention
and ensure sustainable change
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ROSELLE ROGERS
Executive Director - DEI Strategy
Mitratech
Thank You!
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