A job post is much more than a solicitation for applications. It’s often your company’s chance to say hello and make a strong first impression. A job post can send powerful messages to would-be candidates. Those messages are conveyed both by what you say (and don’t say) and how you say it. And if you’re trying to improve your diversity — and productivity — by...
Diversity Articles
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Despite lofty promises to improve workforce diversity across every industry, progress has been slow — and fatigue seems to be setting in. In a survey of tech workers, Atlassian found that only 23% of respondents engaged with company leaders in 2017 about how to create a more inclusive environment, down from 56% in 2016. And the number of participants who said...
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Currently, over 50,000 job descriptions on LinkedIn include the word “aggressive.” Whether to highlight sales goals, describe the workplace, or suggest the kind of attributes they’re looking for in a candidate. New research from LinkedIn shows that using “aggressive” could discourage almost half of women from applying to your job. That’s right, language matters...
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- Talent Leadership,
- Diversity
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More than half of Americans over the age of 50 are being pushed out of their jobs, long before they’re ready to retire, according to a...
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- Talent Leadership,
- Diversity
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Dr. Francis Collins knows difficult. He led the Human Genome Project and he now heads the U.S. National Institutes of Health. His...
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We recently reviewed thousands of company profiles on LinkedIn and one finding made us pause. According to the data, companies with...
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- Talent Leadership,
- Diversity