Diversity Hiring

What is Diversity Hiring?

Diversity hiring includes intentional recruitment practices to create a workforce with people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. While hiring, the recruitment team considers factors such as race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, cultural background, and other dimensions of diversity. Organizations that prioritize diversity hiring are able to foster an inclusive and innovative environment by bringing in individuals from different walks of life. This practice enriches the workplace with diverse perspectives that drive creativity, problem-solving, and better decision-making.

Inclusive hiring practices 

Inclusive hiring practices ensure that every candidate, regardless of their background or identity, feels valued and has equal opportunities during recruitment. These practices involve eliminating bias at every stage of hiring, from job postings to interviews and evaluations. Common inclusive practices include: 

• Job descriptions: Writing inclusive job descriptions that avoid biased language and attract a diverse pool of candidates. 

• Bias training: Implementing bias awareness training for recruiters and hiring managers to recognize and counter unconscious biases. 

• Structured evaluations: Using standardized interview questions and assessments to ensure unbiased evaluation. 

• Diverse interview panels: Including people from various backgrounds on interview panels to minimize bias and provide a well-rounded perspective.

Diversity recruiting strategy examples 

A strong diversity recruiting strategy integrates several key tactics to attract, evaluate, and retain diverse talent. Here are a few examples: 

• Partnerships with diverse organizations: Collaborating with organizations that support underrepresented groups can help connect recruiters with diverse talent pools. 

• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Leveraging ERGs within the organization helps create a supportive community for employees from diverse backgrounds and can attract candidates who value diversity and inclusion. 

How Mercer | Mettl can help

Mercer | Mettl provides an innovative solution for unbiased hiring through data-driven assessments. Our platform offers skills-based testing that allows recruiters to assess candidates on their skills and capabilities rather than subjective factors. Our assessments are designed to eliminate bias by focusing solely on candidates’ skills, cognitive abilities, and problem-solving capabilities, providing a level playing field for all applicants. This approach helps organizations make objective and unbiased hiring decisions, supporting diversity initiatives and ensuring that candidates are evaluated based on merit.