Sessions

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is no longer a “nice-to-have” but a business imperative. Although the business case for having a diverse workforce provides a huge advantage to companies, there are challenges that must be overcome. This session will tackle the Bias in Hiring and offer solutions for employers to diversify their workforce & reduce bias in hiring by leveraging Artificial Intelligence and HR technology.

Learning Objectives:

• Discover how bias kills diversity.
• See how carefully designed and properly used artificial intelligence can help eliminate implicit bias in recruiting.
• Learn how redacting information from resumes – names, address, college name, or graduation date – can help mitigate implicit bias, race and class discrimination, and ageism in the selection and hiring process.
• Learn how making job postings more inclusive and debiasing job descriptions can help you surface a more diverse pool of active and passive job seekers.
• Learn best practices for diversifying your pipeline and making your candidate evaluation process more inclusive.