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Recruiting for Diversity and Inclusion

Recruitment is an integral part of an organization’s diversity and inclusion strategy. Effective recruitment strategies ensure a workforce reflects a company’s customer base and the communities where it operates. Such strategies also capitalize on the benefits of employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. In this specialization, you will gain a unique combination of analytical, communication and leadership skills. These will serve as practical tools that enable you to develop an actionable diversity recruitment plan.

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Four courses

Understanding Diversity and Inclusion

(1 hours)

This course provides a deep dive into the concepts and trends related to diversity and inclusion. It explores diversity from three perspectives: global, individual, and organizational. This course is part of the Recruiting for Diversity and Inclusion Specialization offered by the University of Western Australia.

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Assessment, Interviewing and Onboarding

(1 hours)

Developing a robust recruitment process is key to achieving greater diversity and inclusion. This course examines the role of recruitment in building a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. It explores traditional approaches to recruitment and how they may limit diversity and inclusion efforts. The course also examines unconscious bias and its impact on the recruitment process.

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Diversity and Inclusion: Developing A Strategy

(1 hours)

The first step in a recruitment strategy for developing a diverse and inclusive workforce is the decision that a job or role is needed, either an existing or new position. In this course, you will learn that unconscious bias is often most evident in the language of job descriptions, selection criteria, and job advertisements. You will learn to detect limiting language and develop resources that attract a diverse and capable candidate pool.

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Attracting and Sourcing Diverse Candidates

(1 hours)

It is during the shortlisting and interviewing processes that candidates most often report being unfairly assessed during recruitment efforts. In this module, you will learn how unconscious bias can affect these processes. You will also become familiar with various practical strategies and techniques to forward a fair and merit-based assessment of all candidates.

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Learning objectives

You will learn the value of diversity and inclusion to your workforce and organization.
You will gain an understanding of the barriers to recruiting a more diverse and inclusive workforce.

You will create new tools and processes to support the recruitment of a more diverse and inclusive workforce.

You will learn the value of diversity and inclusion to your workforce and organization.
You will gain an understanding of the barriers to recruiting a more diverse and inclusive workforce.
You will create new tools and processes to support the recruitment of a more diverse and inclusive workforce.

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Time

360 hours

Level

Introductory

Via

Coursera

Institution

University of Western Australia

Instructor

Dr. Jacquie Hutchinson

Level

Introductory

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