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Resources for Recruiting Women and LGBTQIA+ Candidates
There are many pieces to the recruiting puzzle and when it comes to hiring diverse candidates, it’s worth examining each of them. One question we are frequently asked is, where can I find people (who aren’t white guys) to hire for tech roles? First, it’s absolutely critical to remember that everything from your job posting to your employer branding to your screening, resume review, and candidate interview processes can contain bias, but there are ways to mitigate it. It’s also worth mentioning that when you do hire more candidates from underrepresented communities, it’s equally critical that you create an inclusive…
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12 Pitfalls to Avoid When Creating a Diversity & Inclusion Council
Congratulations, executive leadership has greenlit your plan for a Diversity and Inclusion Council (or task force, or group)! The company has decided that diversity and inclusion are important elements for company sustainability and growth. However, now that you’ve got the go-ahead, you may be unsure how best to proceed, even though you have some basic plans and ideas. We’ve seen some common traps that can create more harm than good when starting off in this work.
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Furniture engineering: Rebecca Perry finds new solutions for everyday problems
Welcome back to the Unsung Women’s Project! We’ll be highlighting amazing women in STEM, sharing the stories of all of the incredible, meaningful things women have done in their STEM careers that haven’t gotten the recognition they deserve. Rebecca Perry leads the Applied Technology team within Wayfair’s Emerging Systems Group. This is a diverse team empowered to investigate a broad range of technologies to creatively solve Wayfair’s biggest challenges. Prior to joining Wayfair three years ago, Rebecca earned her PhD in Applied Physics at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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Inclusion Geeks at SXSW 2019
We were honored that our panel on How Power and Privilege Show Up at Work was chosen as a Future Workplace Track session at this year’s SXSW. The conference is known as a mecca for industry experts in tech, music, film, and culture. 2019 saw a newly named Future Workplace track bringing together thought leaders to discuss forward-thinking initiatives that will positively impact work. We were thrilled to see so many sessions related to diversity and inclusion on the list. Read on for a roundup of a few of the events we took part in.
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International Women’s Day 2019 Roundup: Balance for Better
The day you’ve been waiting for is finally HEEERE! It’s International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is Balance for Better. We don’t know about you, but we’ve seen a LOT of action around this year’s IWD, so we thought we’d make our lives (and hopefully yours as well) easier by compiling a list of resources for the day. Consider this your one-stop shop. Don’t forget to take a moment and celebrate! First, a little context… BBC has a great article about its history as well as a great list of frequently asked questions about the day.
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How do I Get My Colleagues to Care About Diversity and Inclusion?
We were recently asked a question after a senior leadership workshop from someone who is part of a diversity and inclusion task force: “my leadership is doing this work, but how do I get my colleagues to care?” We thought it was a great question! We wrote a post a while back on how to get your company to recognize you have issues. Here we’ll hone in specifically on those colleagues you interact with regularly who aren’t paying attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion. First, it’s important to note that we can’t change people who don’t want to change.
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How to Combat Age Bias in the Workplace
In today’s workplace, we are working with the largest number of generational cohorts all together at once in the history of working. Because we’re living longer and we like having money to do things like eat and have roofs over our heads, the average employee works way past the traditional (historical) retirement age of 65. In fact, by 2024, about 25% of the workforce is projected to be over the age of 55, which is double what it was in 1994.
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Nine Recent TV Shows and Movies That Pass the Bechdel Test
The Bechdel test is named after Alison Bechdel who introduced the concept as part of her Dykes to Watch Out For comic series in 1985, but she attributes it to her friend Liz Wallace, who attributed it to Virginia Woolf. Here’s how the test works – a piece of fiction has to satisfy three requirements: It has to have at least two women in it who talk to each other, about something other than a man That’s it.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Books We’re Reading
This year we’re focusing not on New Year’s resolutions, but some goals and themes for 2019. One of those goals is to catch up on our reading. If you are a subscriber to our DEI newsletter, you’re probably aware that there is no dearth of news and articles coming out daily that relate to diversity, equity, and inclusion (‘DEI’) in the workplace. In addition to current affairs and newly released research, we also have a fairly hefty, ever-expanding list of books pertaining to DEI.
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Connecting the Data Dots: Heather Mattie Studies, Teaches, and Lives Connection
Welcome back to the Unsung Women’s Project! We’ll be highlighting amazing women in STEM, sharing the stories of all of the incredible, meaningful things women have done in their STEM careers that haven’t gotten the recognition they deserve. Dr. Mattie’s network science research interests include tie strength estimation and prediction for large-scale social networks and network data imputation. Her data science research interests include methods to limit algorithmic bias and classify subtypes of disease such as diabetes. Dr. Mattie is involved in the diversity and inclusion efforts of the Biostatistics department and enjoys mentoring students.