Resources to Hire Diverse Talent
Diversity has become a top priority for recruitment and talent acquisition. According to research, diverse companies:
Have 19% higher revenue (reported by Boston Consulting Group)
Are 1.7 times more likely to be innovation leaders in their market (according to Josh Bersin)
Are 70% more likely to capture a new market (statistic by Harvard Business Review).
Diversity hiring isn’t a passing fad — it’s a smarter way to do business in the global market.
Having a diverse company starts with recruiting. We rounded up several of our favorite ways to find, attract, and hire diverse candidates below.
Do you know of additional resources? We’d love to add them to this list. Comment below.
Bid.Black - A platform devoted to showcasing Black filmmakers and creatives; normalizing representation in the ad industry.
Blacks Who Blog - Instagram and Twitter community that showcases Black writers, copyriters and creatives.
Blacks Who Design - highlights inspiring Black designers in the industry. The goal is to inspire new designers, encourage people to diversify their feeds, and discover amazing individuals to join your team.
Change the Lens - a pledge to ensure the representation of Black filmmakers within the commercial and music video film industry is reflective of the greater population.
c0ffe3 - It's a fake company to help People of Color land real jobs. POC can add “c0ffe3” as a past employer on LinkedIn and in their portfolio. From there, you'll effortlessly appear in LinkedIn or Google results when recruiters or hiring managers looking for diverse talent add "c0ffe3" to their searches.
Dyversifi - Designed for minorities, by minorities, Dyversifi is a career review platform with tailored insight into the experiences of diverse employees at the biggest companies in corporate America. They are on a mission to help minorities find companies and careers that they love.
Hire Black Now - Helping 10,000 Black womxn get trained, hired, or promoted. What started as an idea to help 19 Black womxn with resume review sessions on Juneteenth has evolved into an initiative serving a network of 3,000 people and counting.
Hire Black Marketers - Connecting Black/ Black-identifying marketing talent for hire, speaking, and consulting opportunities with brands and agencies. Their goal is for the marketing industry to be >12% Black.
Invisible Creatives - An initiative to fix the gender ratio in the advertising industry and make female creatives visible.
Sporas - Artisans for Change - A network dedicated to uplifting cinematographers and Camera Crews of multi-ethnic backgrounds, around the world.
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