15 Reasons Why Technology is Crucial to Diversity Hiring

Diversity hiring is hiring based on ensuring the process and procedure is free from bias based on age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and other personal characteristics that are irrelevant to their job performance.

By hiring employees with different backgrounds and beliefs, companies create a culture that enables new ways of thinking, which gives them an edge over their competitors. In turn, it impacts the company's bottom line and overall success. Today, HR technology plays a large role in eliminating bias when hiring and enabling diversity recruitment initiatives. Let’s take a look at 15 reasons why recruiting technology is crucial to diversity hiring:

Establish Job Descriptions That Attract Diverse Candidates

Obtaining a diverse company starts at the very beginning, in the job description. Identifying bias in job descriptions and recommending alternate words or sentences to substitute existing descriptions will help HR and recruiters to establish job descriptions that attract diverse candidates.

• Those looking for jobs will spend 49.7 seconds on a job listing before deciding it’s not a fit. With that said, cut down your list of qualifications by sticking to the “must-haves” instead of the “nice-to-haves.” (source)
• 67% of job seekers listed diversity as an important factor when considering job offers. (source)
• Diversity is a focus for recruiters, with 57% of them having strategies to attract diverse candidates. (source)
• Gender diversity helps organizations perform 15% above the median. (source)

Eliminate Bias

Technology solutions, like ClearCompany’s Applicant Tracking System, are equipped to perform unbiased assessments of skills, competencies, and talents, removing any bias of gender, race, and/or age, which is crucial to diversity hiring in the workplace.

• Companies that have a diverse workforce financially outperform companies that don't. (source)
• 29% of less diverse companies, in terms of gender and ethnicity, are more likely to be less profitable. (source)
• In a study, about one-fifth of applicants who were not white, male, and from elite schools made it to a first-round interview. (source)
• Companies that focus on reducing bias in the workplace have a 42% increase in applicants. (source)
• Businesses that diminish bias when hiring noted a 33% increase in profitability performance. (source)
• Resumes with English-sounding names receive offers for interviews 40% more than those with Pakistani, Indian, or Chinese names with identical resumes. (source)
• 37% of employees believe that gender diversity means better results for a business. (source)
• Using technology to lessen bias in the workplace has led to a 58% increase in new-hire diversity. (source)
• New hires increased from 31.9% to 45.1% when managers were required to interview a more diverse group of candidates. (source)
• 80% of employers admit to making decisions based on regional accents. (source)

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