4 ms·
> I'm not sure what people think inclusive hiring _is_ I bet you a lot of people think DEI is companies go "you're black, you're hired". Instead you're absolut
by bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
> I'm not sure what people think inclusive hiring _is_
I bet you a lot of people think DEI is companies go "you're black, you're hired". Instead you're absolutely right, it's manipulating the pipeline so that 50% are the overall best and 50% are diverse. The "diverse" ones also have to do great in their interviews, no one is automatically hired.
- rsynnott 2y ago> it's manipulating the pipeline so that 50% are the overall best and 50% are diverse Not even that; it’s changing the pipeline so that it has a lower weighting on upper-middle-class white men who went to one of about four universities (which does not actually equate with ‘overall best’). One surprisingly simple thing that companies can do is be realistic about their requirements in the job spec. There’s a fair bit of evidence that if you have an aspirational job spec, then some candidates will go “well, I meet some of that” and apply, and others will go “well, I only have five years of experience in [whatever], not six like it says in the job spec” and won’t apply. And group 2 tends to be less male, less white, and more working-class.