No matter your gender, ethnicity, age, sexuality, or religion, everyone holds some type of implicit bias. Despite this, owners and operators must find a way to foster a diverse and inclusive work environment for all. So, how exactly do you increase diversity and inclusion in recruitment? There are several possibilities, but technology is key to creating diversity recruiting strategies.
Unlike humans, Sprockets’ AI-powered platform is completely unbiased. Our solution solely focuses on hiring for fit by predicting applicant success. It brings much-needed equity to the hiring process. Plus, it’s proven to boost employee retention by 43%!
Why Is Diversity Recruiting Important?
According to the New York Times, there are fewer women in leadership roles than men named “John” due to discrimination. The bottom line is that everyone should be treated equally and given fair opportunities. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, but we can strive to change that. A study conducted by Gartner showed that diverse and inclusive workplaces lead to greater innovation and financial success. Many people prefer to support businesses that value diversity.
How Does Technology Attract a Diverse Applicant Pool?
Technology plays a key role in getting a diverse applicant pool. 76% of people consider diversity when applying for a job, and not surprisingly, that number is significantly higher among underrepresented voices. 41% of LGBTQ+ job seekers would not apply to a company lacking diversity compared to 32% non-LGBTQ+ job seekers. Hourly workers want representation and diversity. Studies even show that diversity attracts more diversity. Utilizing technology to foster diversity recruiting will naturally attract a diverse applicant pool, multiplying the success of your initiative.
How to Increase Diversity Through Your Recruitment Practices
Sprockets’ solution is the diversity recruiting tool you need to predict applicant success without the need for interviews and resumes, which can add bias to the hiring process. Discover how the power of AI diversifies recruitment through our Applicant Matching System, empowering hiring managers to provide job opportunities to individuals who might otherwise face bias. Unlike the standard hiring process, Sprockets creates a unique success profile based on the mental makeup of top-performing employees and evaluates applicants with this benchmark. The user-friendly dashboard then displays a simple red-yellow-green scoring system based on their answers to a brief, three-question survey.
Our platform encourages diversity recruiting since hiring managers do not need to look at an applicant’s name, picture, or resume to determine whether or not the potential hire is the right fit. Name discrimination — particuarly among people of color — is common, even now. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, African-American individuals are twice as likely to be unemployed as white people. Despite discrimination laws, Black applicants need to send 15 resumes to receive a callback, while white people only need to send ten to get a callback. Why? Some people unfortunately have a negative perception of race via the name on a resume. Studies even show that people of color who choose to hide or “whiten” their name are more likely to get an interview.
Bring Equity to the Hiring Process With Sprockets
Sprockets’ software combines AI, natural language processing, and more than 50 years of psychology to evaluate applicants’ mental makeup. It does not take into account race, gender, or age; Sprockets is completely objective. Our solution celebrates intellectual diversity — the more diverse the applicants in Sprockets’ Success Profile, the more precise the identification of shared characteristics — further improving the likelihood of successful hires.