How often do you tell yourself that you are in your job because you’re the best qualified for it? We all know that HR departments have preferences and often make decisions influenced by biases rather than solely on talent. When talent acquisition teams, hiring managers, and HR professionals keep recycling the same pool of candidates, it raises the question of whether they have truly considered the best person for the job. Based on my lived experience, I do not trust the capitalist system to consistently allow the most talented individuals to rise to the top.
Diverse talent
If you don’t focus on recruiting diverse talent then obviously, you’re not going to have diverse talent, and ultimately, you won’t have a diverse organisation. Diversity is a business imperative and recruiters play a key role. I think diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) will be a continuous focus area for recruiters especially because more and more candidates will make job choices based on their assessment of a company’s visible DEI commitments.