Many companies have been recruiting for diversity recently. How do you know if your efforts are having an impact?
Listen in on what our panelists have to say.
This event is part of the “Let’s Talk Recruiting” series where a panel of recruiting practitioners get together online and have a conversation on a variety of topics related to corporate recruiting.
Our Panelists…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Anna Forsberg | TA Leaders | Vice President Talent Acquisition | Destination Pet, LLC |
| Christina Shareef | TA Leaders | Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Reddit, Inc. |
| Kim Lonas | TA Leaders | Director, Human Resources | Exertis Almo |
| Melisa Medrano | Recruiting SFBA | Manager, Talent Acquisition | NGM Biopharmaceuticals |
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We asked our attendees, “If your company has a diversity program, what is one way to tell if it is working?”
Here are their answers:
- Analyzing at our diversity metrics by different groups, departments, etc.
- At vcfo we check our VIBE - the Values of Inclusivity, Belonging and Equity
- By the increased representation at the company
- Candidates feedback
- Data Data Data
- decreased attrition of diverse hires
- Demographic reporting features in Greenhouse
- Diverse Hires
- Diverse interviews panels
- Diversity metrics (# hires, attrition, engagement)
- Employee feedback
- Employees truly feel they can be their authentic self at work.
- Evidence of increased attraction of interested and qualified diverse candidates; increased hires from diverse candidate slate.
- Feedback from the employees and/or new hires and management
- Feedback from workforce.
- having diverse candidate slates for interviewing
- Having diversity goals and seeing if those are being met by data.
- Hires
- Hires from Diversity Events
- I need help determining KPI's! Currently using survey data
- If the number of Minorities and women hires went up
- If your internal/external clients, board, and employees reflect the world around us.
- If your team reflects the diversity of your local community
- Improvement on key metrics. Employee sentiment around Inclusion/Belonginf
- increase in diversity hires
- increase in diversity hires.
- Increased diverse hires
- Internal equity
- it is new so don't have any measurements yet
- it would beget more diversity
- Key metrics
- Look at hires and promotions
- Look at your applicant pool
- Metrics
- metrics
- metrics
- Metrics
- Metrics reporting (hire & onboarding, promotion, exit)
- More underrepresented candidates interviewing
- Not applicable
- Number of diverse hires
- number of diverse new hires minus diversity attrition
- Numbers
- Percentages of women and people of color being better represented in leadership roles; number of/impact of ERG Groups
- Performing quarterly audits
- Progression
- Reporting on number of actual diverse hires
- Reporting shows up an uptick in diversity hiring
- retention
- support from the executive team
- Survey Responses, Feedback, Diversity New Hires Accepted Offers
- take a look around
- The employees are comfortable with Having uncomfortable conversations
- The numbers need to show it
- through organic employer branding
- Track employee diversity metrics yoy
- Unsure
- We are developing a diversity program and looking for a good definition of Diversity and how to measure how it's working
- We are getting one soon
- We currently don't have much of one.
- We don't currently have one, so would love to learn more on this topic.
- We dont have a diversity program
- We just started it.
- We're attracting and hiring folks from URM groups
- Wunderlich-Malec
- Yes
- you have a diverse population
- Your staff is more diverse
Some of the attendees…
| Name & LinkedIn Profile | Group | Title | Company |
| Bridget Baggett | Career Strategist & Diversity Consultant | Twisted Career | |
| Amanda Mich | Senior Recruiter | Heidrick & Struggles International | |
| Bennett Yang | Director Talent Acquisition | Unknown | |
| Kevin Oram | Co-Founder | Hivemind Careers LLC | |
| Scott Hollingsworth | Recruiting Atlanta | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Floor & Decor |
| Stephanie Reese | Recruiting Atlanta | Senior Sales Recruiter | Apptio |
| Erin Laramie | Recruiting Chicago | Regional Talent Acquisition Manager | HMSHost |
| Chase Wiggs | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition- Technology | Foot Locker |
| Claudia Castaneda | Recruiting Chicago | Sr Talent Advisor | U.S. Cellular |
| Lisa Wrezel | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquistion Manager-Sourcing | Centric Consulting |
| Barbara Fasth | Recruiting Chicago | Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner | Menasha |
| Kelly McCarthy | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Team Lead | Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co., LLC |
| Kraig Baker | Recruiting Chicago | Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager | Echo Global Logistics |
| Chelsey Kent | Recruiting Dallas | Sr. Corporate Recruiter | Epsilon |
| Mike Thomas | Recruiting DCBmore | Recruiting Manager | Eagle Hill Consulting |
| Krystan Silva | Recruiting DCBmore | Senior Technical Recruiter | Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
| Christine Drelling | Recruiting DCBmore | Global Team Lead - Technical Recruiting | Sitecore |
| Delaina Silva | Recruiting Denver | Senior Manager of Talent Aquisition | SDL plc |
| Martin Hancock | Recruiting Denver | Sr. Technical Recruiter | Alteryx |
| Ashley Greene | Recruiting Houston | Board Member Recruiter | Gift of Adoption Fund |
| Ashley K. | Recruiting Houston | Senior Corporate Recruiter, National Multi-Business | Veolia North America |
| Nancy Genitempo | Recruiting Houston | Associate, Talent Acquisition Operations | Looking for Work |
| Khadija Washington | Recruiting Houston | Team Leader - Talent Acquisition | Southwest Airlines |
| Sandra Maldonado | Recruiting LA | HR Business Partner and Recruiter | Esri |
| Melissa Mendoza | Recruiting LA | Senior Recruiter, Equality Talent Partner | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation |
| Michelle McKnight | Recruiting LA | Recruitment Lead, Corporate Functions, Marketing & Sales | Herbalife |
| Gillian Diamond | Recruiting LA | Senior Manager Talent Acquisition | Entertainment Partners |
| Katherine Amato | Recruiting LA | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center |
| Angie K. | Recruiting LA | Manager, Talent Acquisition | Netflix |
| Nicholas Steinberg | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Manager | Bluebeam |
| Suk Dhaliwal | Recruiting LA | Senior Talent Acquisition Lead | Deluxe Entertainment Services Group |
| Katherine Amato | Recruiting LA | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center |
| Dave Keldsen | Recruiting LA | Talent Acquisition Manager | Northrop Grumman |
| Cindy Wong | Recruiting LA | Sr. Contract Recruiter | Princess Cruises |
| Denise Ward | Recruiting Minneapolis | Technical Recruiter | Wunderlich-Malec Engineering |
| Moe Karimi | Recruiting Minneapolis | Independent Consultant | Proozy |
| Katie Bedney | Recruiting Minneapolis | Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | Prime Therapeutics |
| Becky Gramenz | Recruiting Minneapolis | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Looking for Work |
| Mike Mattson | Recruiting Portland | Strategic Talent Advisor (VIA SecureVision) | Papa Murphy's International |
| Kathy Simmons | Recruiting Seattle | Talent Acquisition Lead | Accenture |
| Marvin Smith | Recruiting Seattle | Talent Sourcer, Software Engineering | Talent Engagement Strategist | Lockheed Martin |
| Marita Arevalo | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Healthcare Recruiter-Diversity Channels | Aegis Living |
| Audrey Jolly | Recruiting Seattle | Corporate Technology Recruiter | Matrix Medical Network |
| Kayla Kahl | Recruiting SFBA | Lead Recruiter | Marqeta |
| Sydney Clark | Recruiting SFBA | University and Diversity Sourcer | Udemy |
| Tracie Connors | Recruiting SFBA | Principal Technical Recruiter Cyber Security | Verizon Media |
| Megan Dent | Recruiting SFBA | Recruiting Manager - Software | Aurora |
| Christine Graham | Recruiting SFBA | Program Manager Lead, Ads, Core & Payments Staffing | |
| Terry Killian | Recruiting SFBA | Principal Talent Acquisition Recruiter at Informatica- We're Hiring! | Informatica |
| Juston Willis | Recruiting SFBA | Lead Corporate Recruiter | SaaS/PaaS solutions | Committed to diversity & inclusion | Xray | Unknown |
| Jean Sheehan | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | ConServe |
| JoDee Klinker | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Carson Group |
| Chrissy Gibson | TA Leaders | VP/Talent Acquisition Delivery Consultant, Senior | UMB Bank |
| Michael Martinolich | TA Leaders | Head of Global Recruiting | NERA Economic Consulting |
| Joe Shanbaum | TA Leaders | Director of Technical Recruitment - Autonomous Vehicles & Mobility | Ford Motor Company |
| John Capozzi | TA Leaders | Director of Recruiting and Retention | On-Ramps To Careers |
| Amanda Radice | TA Leaders | Senior Technical Recruiter, Design - Consumer + New Verticals | DoorDash |
| Monica Silverstein | TA Leaders | Chief Human Resources Officer | Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. |
| James Molloy | TA Leaders | Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition | Spectrum Reach |
| Delta Stein | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition / Diversity & Inclusion Chair | Frontier Technology |
| Vira Trevino-Garcia | TA Leaders | Recruiting Consultant | Hexcel Corporation |
| Melissa Rutledge | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition Director | Point B |
| Arhonda Reyes | TA Leaders | Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | AIM Aerospace |
| Daniel Goyeneche | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Clickatell |
| Kellie Brady | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | AxoGen |
| Candice Bristow | TA Leaders | Director Of Recruiting | Expel |
| Meredith Beamish | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Illuminate Education, Inc. |
| Rachel Racr | TA Leaders | Field Director of Talent Acquisition | HCA Healthcare |
| Kreisler Ng | TA Leaders | Head of People | Cprime, Inc |
| Rachel Cupples | TA Leaders | Senior Recruiter | Textio |
| Angus Dobbie | TA Leaders | Director & Senior Recruiting Manager - Institutional Clients Group | Citi |
| Nancee Martin | TA Leaders | Managing Director, Corporate Recruiting | AvAirPros |
| James Perduto | TA Leaders | Head of Americas Talent Acquisition | BNP Paribas |
| Marci Caudle | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition & Development | Frontline Education |
| Joe Giadone | TA Leaders | Head of Talent Acquisition & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leader | KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. |
| Tamara Garlett | TA Leaders | Principal Recruiter | DocuSign |
| Steven Green | TA Leaders | Talent Acquisition Partner - Technology Recruiting | Dairy Farmers of America |
| Emmanuele Bowles | TA Leaders | Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Florida International University |
| Joseph O'Boyle | TA Leaders | Global Head of Talent Acquisition - Data & Analytics Division | London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) |
