Five ways to ensure that you are sourcing candidates diversely

Diversity is no passing fad. Your workplace should accurately reflect the makeup of society, and we’re talking across all spectrums here (race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background, education etc.) Achieving greater diversity is not just the right thing to do either, it is also the smart thing. So here are some imperative steps to keep in mind when sourcing candidates : 1. Look in the right places Actively seeking to change requires effort and input. Your first port of call should be expanding your sourcing databases and tools to include job boards and sites that cater for diverse talent specifically. By posting on these forums, you open yourself up to a wide-range of talent that could otherwise have been overlooked. 2. Write an inclusive job ad Job descriptions are a notorious minefield of unintentionally biased language. Even single words can be loaded and are enough to make potential candidates feel unwanted or excluded from a positio...