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Structured Hiring to Build Stronger Teams

Talent Management & Hiring
Talent Management & Hiring
All Levels

Designing an effective, inclusive hiring process is critical to building a diverse, high-performance organization. Paradigm has analyzed hiring practices across hundreds of organizations and has identified a range of barriers that undermine inclusive hiring. Our Effective & Inclusive Hiring workshop is designed to equip hiring managers, interviewers, and recruiters to address these barriers by using evidence-based strategies to manage unconscious bias and create a more inclusive candidate experience.

Training Includes:

  • Research
  • Self Reflection
  • Discussions
  • Activities
  • Action Planning

Learning Objectives

Participants will leave with an understanding of:

  • What unconscious bias is and how it affects the hiring process.
  • The importance of mitigating bias to create better and more equitable hiring outcomes.
  • The importance of creating a structured, inclusive candidate experience.

And the confidence and skills to:

  • Manage bias throughout the hiring process, from building pipelines and reviewing resumes to conducting interviews and discussing candidates.

Formats Offered

  • In-Person or Virtual Workshop
  • In-Person or Virtual Keynote
  • Reach eLearning Course

High-Level Outline

Introduction

Discuss the science of unconscious bias and how it undermines effective, inclusive hiring outcomes.

Top-of-the Funnel

Consider how bias can show up in job descriptions, career sites, and sourcing strategies, undermining inclusion and influencing the diversity of candidates.

Action planning: Articulate key competencies for an open role, and develop strategies to attract a more diverse candidate pool.

Assessing Candidates

Explore how bias can affect the selection process—from reviewing resumes to conducting interviews—undermining objectivity and creating a less inclusive candidate experience.

Action planning: Create interview questions and rubrics to evaluate competencies and mitigate bias.

Debriefs

Consider how disparities in our evaluations limit objectivity in debriefs and final decisions.

Action planning: Design norms to limit group-based biases and encourage accountability in candidate debriefs.

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Why Paradigm?

Paradigm empowers organizations to create high-performance workplaces where everyone can do their best work.

56 %

Increase in job performance

50 %

Decrease in Turnover risk

75 %

Fewer employee sick days