The Recruitment Space Needs to Embrace Diversity

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are becoming a big priority not just for recruiters but employees who want to work for companies that have clear policies around pay parity, inclusive hiring, and a strong commitment towards creating safe and responsive workspaces. It has never been so important to get inclusion and diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, physical disability and social differences right.  

A diverse workforce brings diverse viewpoints and perspectives that are often overlooked in less diverse environments. Among other things, these elements can help develop great new products and new ways to cater to customers. Making diversity a priority is important, but so is creating a culture where people from all backgrounds feel included. 

Inclusivity is the key to maintaining (not just creating) workplace diversity. Let’s look at some of the direct advantages of a diverse workforce.

Diversity Increases Awareness

Learning about, recognizing and respecting your own and other cultures enables us to understand different perspectives and gives greater insight into varying attitudes and beliefs. Foster curiosity to fight against ignorance and prejudice. Encourage your team to be courageous; be curious, practice active listening and demonstrate empathy for a different way of thinking and show them exactly how that is done.

Diversity Leads to a Healthy Environment

A workplace lacking in diversity & inclusion will detrimentally affect mental health and have a direct causal relationship with feelings of resentment, anxiety, anger and injustice. A business not only has to prime the engine with a diverse mix of good promotion candidates but must ensure they have a truly equal opportunity for promotions.

Diversity is Good for Business

By aligning business objectives with the meeting of human needs, companies can tap into powerful ways to facilitate change. Diverse companies are far more likely to outperform their less diverse peers.

Diversity Leads to New Ideas

A diverse group of people are more likely to have ideas that are distinct from each other, and diverse viewpoints allow for more creative solutions to problems. Recent research suggests that diverse companies make better, bolder decisions and are more likely radically to innovate.

Diversity Leads to Respect

The more time spent interacting with people different to us, the stronger our understanding, acceptance and relationships become, and ultimately our respect for one another. A visible commitment to diversity and inclusion during the crisis is also likely to strengthen a company’s global image.

Diverse Hiring Platforms

Companies need to go beyond their usual tactics and consider actively recruiting and building a presence in diverse spaces. At Wavely, our woman-led, people-focused, diverse team is constantly exploring new ways of thinking and operating to engage human talent with opportunities to shine. Our diversity will help create an exceptional team for your company because we celebrate the value of unique perspectives.