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Challenges to Effective Recruitment

Challenges to Effective Recruitment. Dr. Sharon Fries-Britt Associate Professor . AGENDA. Why diversity is important Challenges to recruitment Subjective/human challenges Stopping the revolving door . Why diversity is important. Enables you to attract the best human talent

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Challenges to Effective Recruitment

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  1. Challenges to Effective Recruitment Dr. Sharon Fries-Britt Associate Professor

  2. AGENDA • Why diversity is important • Challenges to recruitment • Subjective/human challenges • Stopping the revolving door

  3. Why diversity is important • Enables you to attract the best human talent • Enables you to reach and serve diverse markets • Higher creativity and innovation • Better problem solving & Organizational flexibility

  4. Challenges to recruitment • Structural challenges (How we are organized to hired individuals) • Procedural challenges (How we proceed) • Subjective/human challenges (perceptions, attitudes and behaviors about people in the process)

  5. Subjective/Human challenges • Recognizing bias and assumptions • Understanding our reactions to cultural characteristics (our own and others) • Perceptions + Prejudice + Power =judgment • Impact of Social/Cultural Capital

  6. Stopping the revolving door • Dealing with the challenges of diversity

  7. References • Taylor Cox (1993) Cultural Diversity in Organizations Theory, Research and Practice. • Gary Orfield & Michael Kurlaender (2001) Diversity Challenged. • Caroline Sotello and Viernes Turner, (2002) Diversifying the Faculty, A Guidebook for Search Committees

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