It’s no surprise that you want to include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the workplace. DEI is the right thing to do and these initiatives are beneficial to the productivity and success of the business. But even while welcoming DEI in the workplace, you may have left out one step that makes that DEI difficult to implement — and you probably don’t even know that you’ve left it out. Are you adequately conveying your workplace culture in your hiring practices?
What kind of information do you include in job postings? Likely the duties and responsibilities of the role, desired skills, education, and experience as well as salary range and benefit expectations; but are you including an impression of your workplace culture?
When you implement DEI initiatives in your organization, you want to make sure that you include those initiatives and expectations in your hiring practices and demonstrate that DEI work is an important part of your culture. Whether you’re hiring with the goal of diversifying your workforce, or you want to attract like-minded workers who also work toward diversity, equity, and inclusion, it’s important to convey your workplace culture to applicants.
Often, companies want to hire toward diversity, equity, and inclusion but haven’t been able to articulate that goal in their job postings and hiring practices.
Here’s how you can make sure that you articulate your workplace culture and attract candidates who will enjoy working with you.
By articulating your workplace culture, you will be able to: attract candidates who reflect that culture; protect the DEI strategies you’ve already implemented and your goals to come; diversify the labour pool that you want to work with.
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