“I’d love to hire more women, but when I post a job, they don’t apply. They’re not interested.”
If Women Don’t Apply to Your Company, This Is Probably Why
What signals does your recruitment process send to applicants?
October 17, 2019
Summary.
It’s time for leaders to stop blaming their companies’ lack of diversity on the lack of women applicants. They need to focus on why they’re not seeing more women applicants. They need to ask, “Why is my organization not attractive to women?” Research that the answer might lie in the signals your company sends about its culture during the recruiting process.
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