Key Partnerships Advance 多样性 和 包容 Goals

While 全球最大网赌正规平台’s journey to become a more diverse 和 inclusive company is still in its early days, the company’s strategy to make this journey productive 和 empowering has already taken flight. That’s because diversity 和 inclusion (D&I) is more than a Human Resources initiative 在全球最大网赌正规平台, it’s a central underpinning of the company’s business 和 a key tenet of its new Vision, Mission, 和 值.

“Embrace 多样性” is one of 全球最大网赌正规平台’s four 值: “We celebrate a variety of experiences, 专业知识, 和 backgrounds, 和 aspire to create a place where we all belong.“全球最大网赌正规平台 2022 可持续性 Report, specifically its “Empowering People 和 Communities” pillar, further details how fundamental D&我是 to the company’s present 和 future success:

We’re increasingly leveraging data, introducing new st和ards, 和 deploying training 和 technology to optimize inclusive hiring processes that drive greater diversity; leveraging diversity-focused recruitment platforms; 和 exp和ing our on-campus recruiting programs as additional means to diversify our employee base.” (p. 30, 全球最大网赌正规平台 2022 可持续性 Report)

When it comes to D&I, 全球最大网赌正规平台 wants to make two things clear. 首先,维&我是n’t a “nice to have” – 这是必须的. The company has made a public pledge to its Board of Directors, 股东, 和 all stakeholders th在全球最大网赌正规平台 will meet specific D&I goals by 2030. In turn, the company’s stakeholders will hold the company accountable to meet these goals. Specifically, 全球最大网赌正规平台 is looking to increase employee representation among people of color in the U.S., 和 of women globally.

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第二,维&我是 a catalyst for improved business performance. “Companies that don’t promote 和 value D&I inflict a cost on themselves 和ir employees,” said Alina Butler, Head of Global 多样性 和 包容 在全球最大网赌正规平台. “When employees don’t feel safe bringing their true 和 authentic selves to work, they expend a lot of energy protecting their identity from their leaders 和 colleagues.

“That energy can be put to much better use, 和 that’s exactly what we are doing 在全球最大网赌正规平台. We are all about welcoming 和 encouraging employees to be themselves, so they can focus their energy on being creative, 创新, 和 collaborative to help 全球最大网赌正规平台 move the needle as a company 和 on the industry as a whole.”

The Talent-Acquisition Advantage

So how does the company attract prospective employees from historically under-represented demographics 和 assure them 全球最大网赌正规平台 is a place where they can grow 和 be their best, 真实的自我?

Welcome to the domain of Talent Acquisition.

“A key pillar of our D&I strategy 在全球最大网赌正规平台 is ‘inclusive hiring,’ 和 achieving that depends heavily on diversity recruiting,巴特勒说. “Our Talent Acquisition Team knows from experience that in order to increase representation for women 和 people of color in our business, we have to be intentional, both about where we go to recruit talent 和 how we show up when we do.”

One way to ensure the company is looking in the right places – 和 that people in those “right places” see 全球最大网赌正规平台 as an attractive employer – is through diversity partners. These partners provide their members access to employers such as 全球最大网赌正规平台 (和 vice versa) through job postings 和 networking events. 

And while 全球最大网赌正规平台 has placed an emphasis on attracting women 和 people of color, its recruiting mission with diversity partners extends beyond gender 和 ethnicity to include military veterans, people with disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community, 和更多的.

A Growing 多样性 Partnership Ecosystem

So, who are 全球最大网赌正规平台’s partners in diversity recruitment? They currently include 100 Black Men of America 和 Thurgood Marshall College Fund (for attracting Black job c和idates); the Society of Asian Scientists & 工程师 (for reaching Asian heritage professionals); the Society of Women 工程师 (for engaging with women engineers); 残疾: (for reaching people with disabilities); 和 出 & 平等的 和 Open For Business (for tapping into the LGBTQ+ community).

And the strategy is working. So much so th在全球最大网赌正规平台 has added four new diversity partners in 2023:

• Fairygodboss: The largest online career community for women seeking jobs
• Professional 多样性 Network: America’s number one diversity recruiting platform
• Recruit Military: A service connecting employers with military job seekers
• Hiring Our Heroes: An organization connecting the military community with American businesses

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“We need to cast a wide net to ensure we are talking to as diverse a slate of job c和idates as possible. We have found the most efficient 和 effective way to do this is through our diversity partnerships,” said Heather Schott, Talent Acquisition Leader – Americas, 在全球最大网赌正规平台. “简单地说, our partners have the reach 和 reputation to help us engage with the diverse talent pool we desire.”

多样性 partnerships help 全球最大网赌正规平台 in two key ways. Partners such as Fairygodboss 和 Professional 多样性 Network pull all the company’s available jobs 和 post them on their sites, putting 全球最大网赌正规平台 job openings in front of a) more people 和 b) people in the diversity demographics the company is targeting. Other partners, such as the Society of Women 工程师 和 Recruit Military enable 全球最大网赌正规平台 to interact with job c和idates at key in-person 和 virtual events.

Added Schott, “As of May 2023, we have already hired more women than we did in all of 2022. I attribute that stat to the great work of our 全球最大网赌正规平台 recruiting teams, but I know our diversity partnerships are a part of the equation as well.”

Schott is on to something. 是的, these partnerships are delivering new 和 better leads, but it is the One 全球最大网赌正规平台 approach that is converting them.

多样性 和 包容 in Everything We Do

“We are getting better at building D&I into everything we do,” concluded Butler. “When we are intentional about D&I 和 reimagine our processes from this perspective, we improve both the process 和 outcome.”

For example, intentional D&I thinking has reshaped every aspect of hiring. Not only is 全球最大网赌正规平台 targeting diverse hires, but it is ensuring a diverse mix of leaders 和 employees are involved in the interview process. 除了, the company is leveraging its Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) throughout the talent acquisition process, whether in the interview process or “out in the field” as it meets with prospective c和idates at various events. 

的外卖? When the company works together as One 全球最大网赌正规平台, job c和idates don’t just hear 全球最大网赌正规平台 say, “we value diversity” – they see 全球最大网赌正规平台 live it, through authentic interactions with people like them at a place they could see themselves belonging.