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 | Sonoma Biotherapeutics |
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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 |
| Bennett Yang | Director Talent Acquisition | Unknown | |
| Mike Mattson | Strategic Talent Advisor (VIA SecureVision) | Papa Murphy's International | |
| Becky Gramenz | Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist | Open to Opportunity | |
| Chase Wiggs | Talent Acquisition- Technology | Foot Locker | |
| Amanda Mich | Senior Recruiter | Heidrick & Struggles International | |
| Chelsey Kent | Sr. Corporate Recruiter | Epsilon | |
| Martin Hancock | Sr. Technical Recruiter | Alteryx | |
| Terry Killian | Principal Talent Acquisition Recruiter at Informatica- We're Hiring! | Informatica | |
| Bridget Baggett | Career Strategist & Diversity Consultant | Twisted Career | |
| Khadija Washington | Team Leader - Talent Acquisition | Southwest Airlines | |
| Nancy Genitempo | Associate, Talent Acquisition Operations | Open to Opportunity | |
| Erin Laramie | Regional Talent Acquisition Manager | HMSHost | |
| Christine Graham | Program Manager Lead, Ads, Core & Payments Staffing | ||
| Krystan Silva | Senior Technical Recruiter | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | |
| Melissa Mendoza | Senior Recruiter, Equality Talent Partner | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation | |
| Stephanie Reese | Senior Sales Recruiter | Apptio | |
| Nicholas Steinberg | Talent Acquisition Manager | Bluebeam | |
| Lisa Wrezel | Talent Acquistion Manager-Sourcing | Centric Consulting | |
| Kevin Oram | Co-Founder | Hivemind Careers LLC | |
| Suk Dhaliwal | Senior Talent Acquisition Lead | Deluxe Entertainment Services Group | |
| Katherine Amato | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center | |
| Dave Keldsen | Talent Acquisition Manager | Northrop Grumman | |
| Kraig Baker | Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager | Echo Global Logistics | |
| Cindy Wong | Sr. Contract Recruiter | Princess Cruises | |
| Amanda Radice | Senior Technical Recruiter, Design - Consumer + New Verticals | DoorDash | |
| Angie K. | Manager, Talent Acquisition | Netflix | |
| Scott Hollingsworth | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Floor & Decor | |
| Barbara Fasth | Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner | Menasha | |
| Delaina Piowaty | Senior Manager of Talent Aquisition | RWS Group | |
| Audrey Jolly | Corporate Technology Recruiter | Matrix Medical Network | |
| Katherine Amato | Senior Corporate Recruiter | Guitar Center | |
| Gillian Diamond | Senior Manager Talent Acquisition | Entertainment Partners | |
| Claudia Castaneda | Sr Talent Advisor | U.S. Cellular | |
| Denise Ward | Technical Recruiter | Wunderlich-Malec Engineering | |
| Kathy Simmons | Talent Acquisition Lead | Accenture | |
| Juston Willis | Lead Corporate Recruiter | SaaS/PaaS solutions | Committed to diversity & inclusion | Xray | Unknown | |
| Moe Karimi | Independent Consultant | Proozy | |
| Ashley Greene | Board Member Recruiter | Gift of Adoption Fund | |
| Mike Thomas | Recruiting Manager | Eagle Hill Consulting | |
| Sandra Maldonado | HR Business Partner and Recruiter | Esri | |
| Kelly McCarthy | Recruiting Chicago | Talent Acquisition Team Lead | Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co., LLC |
| Christine Drelling | Recruiting DCBmore | Global Team Lead - Technical Recruiting | Sitecore |
| Ashley K. | Recruiting Houston | Senior Corporate Recruiter, National Multi-Business | Veolia North America |
| Michelle McKnight | Recruiting LA | Recruitment Lead, Corporate Functions, Marketing & Sales | Herbalife |
| Katie Bedney | Recruiting Minneapolis | Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | Prime Therapeutics |
| Marvin Smith | Recruiting Seattle | Talent Sourcer, Software Engineering | Talent Engagement Strategist | Lockheed Martin |
| Marita Arevalo | Recruiting Seattle | Senior Healthcare Recruiter-Diversity Channels | Aegis Living |
| Kayla Kahl | Recruiting SFBA | Lead Recruiter | Marqeta |
| Megan Dent | Recruiting SFBA | Recruiting Manager - Software | Aurora |
| Tracie Connors | Recruiting SFBA | Principal Technical Recruiter Cyber Security | Verizon Media |
| Sydney Clark | Recruiting SFBA | University and Diversity Sourcer | Udemy |
| Joe Shanbaum | TA Leaders | Sr. Manager Talent Acquisition - Americas | Visteon Corporation |
| John Capozzi | TA Leaders | Director of Recruiting and Retention | On-Ramps To Careers |
| 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 | SEKISUI Aerospace Corporation |
| 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 |
| Joseph O'Boyle | TA Leaders | Global Head of Talent Acquisition - Data & Analytics Division | London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) |
| Chrissy Gibson | TA Leaders | VP/Talent Acquisition Delivery Consultant, Senior | UMB Bank |
| Michael Martinolich | TA Leaders | Head of Global Recruiting | NERA Economic Consulting |
| Jean Sheehan | TA Leaders | Director, Talent Acquisition | ConServe |
| 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 |
| JoDee Klinker | TA Leaders | Director of Talent Acquisition | Carson Group |
