ILR562 - Adopting Inclusive Hiring Practices

Course Description

Candidate evaluation is the second stage of the hiring process. The evaluation stage allows your organization to determine which candidates from your diverse talent pool are the most qualified to meet the needs of an open position. During candidate evaluation, every step, from reviewing résumés to conducting interviews and making selection decisions, offers an opportunity for inclusion. Yet each step within this stage of the hiring process also has pitfalls that can result in candidates of marginalized identities being excluded and impacting your organization’s long-term inclusion goals.

In this course, you will begin by examining how the candidate evaluation stage fits within an inclusive hiring approach, including the power of decision making in candidate selection. You will explore best practices for early-stage candidate evaluations and for interviewing candidates, and you’ll evaluate the potential challenges of common approaches like pre-interview assessments and interviewing for “fit.” You can use these best practices to make inclusive selection decisions that reduce bias and emphasize equity in candidate selection.

You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Building Diverse Talent Pools

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Benefits to the Learner

• Examine the value of inclusive decision making in candidate selection
• Isolate and address sources of bias when interviewing and selecting applicants
• Develop inclusive interview assessment and selection practices

Target Audience

• Managers responsible for hiring decisions
• Employees involved with candidate sourcing, screening, assessment, and decision making
• Senior leaders and other individuals who oversee strategies, policies, and practices related to the workforce
• HR professionals
• Aspiring HR managers
• Recruiters

Accrediting Associations

• Project Management Institute (PMI) Approval Number 2646G05PW0 10.0 Units
• HR Certification Institute (HRCI) General Approval Number 650407 10.0 Hours
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Approval Number 24-xUxZK 10.0 Credits