Sessions

Unconscious bias appears in job descriptions, which has informed our hiring decisions and diversity makeup. In this session, you will learn how to analyze and write job descriptions to mitigate bias. You will learn to highlight the dimensions of invisible diversity that are crucial to job success. They include learning and conflict styles, life experiences, attention to detail, ability to grow into the position, and professional skills. Data shows that the greater the diversity dimensions, the more productive and resilient an organization is. You will practice a critical job description review to develop questions for the hiring manager and coworkers to help you bring salient clarity to the job description to hire the most diverse people available now. Organizations seek to become more diverse to expand their hiring pools and gain diversity advantages. Job descriptions are the leading edge of the hiring process, facilitating people's joining your organization. 

Learning Outcome 1: • Participants will learn to create job descriptions that reflect the position's needs and mitigate dimensions of diversity.

Learning Outcome 2: • Develop a palate of questions to take back to your office and discuss them with your hiring managers.

Learning Outcome 3: • Compile uncovering questions to elicit critical stakeholder data into the job description.