Hello hello,
I can’t stop thinking about recruitment in corporate America and all the convenient narratives we tell ourselves when working in this space. I was so happy to hear this episode of Race at Work with Porter Braswell about this topic: iCIMS’ Charles Mah: Why Traditional Recruiting Pipelines Don’t Work (hbr.org)
I’ll keep this short – we have to stop saying there’s a lack of diverse talent. It’s simply not true. Remember: talent is universally distributed- opportunity is not. So maybe we need to rethink the way we recruit talent to account for profound inequities in opportunity. And, we need to think beyond the recruiters and look to inclusive leaders to help retain talent. We’re too quick to blame a city or community as a reason for attrition of talent. Every manger should ask themselves if they’ve really been an inclusive leader. Better yet, organizations should scrutinize their leaders to see if they reflect the diverse pool of talent they’re trying to recruit.
#courageousconversations #blacklivesmatter #inclusiveleadership
-Jessica