Reinvent your recruitment - with a focus on gender equality
If consumers and employees have their way, it's no longer enough for companies to make money - they should instead focus on taking responsibility in society. Many companies are going green, but why stop there when you can expand the scope right down to the core? One of the considerations could be the way you recruit.
Employees are a key advocate for the organization, making it attractive for many to work for a company that takes social responsibility. This is the result of a megatrend that has really taken off in the last few years, where the UN's Sustainable Development Goals have helped make it clear that we all have a responsibility to create development and make a difference.
Reinvent the way you recruit and check off the UN's gender equality goals by following along here.
Why is it important to recruit for gender equality?
Equality and diversity has been a political focus for several years now and fmore companies are starting to develop strategic action plansthat are based on their weaknesseswhich they further develop into potential development potentials.
Although many companies have an equal distribution of men and women in many of their departments, there are still several important aspects to address. Loss of diversity also means loss of knowledge and resources, which can be an expression of inequality that can create a negative associationn. A start is to start small with recruitment and focus your goals towards equality and growth. Based research states that synergy is only achieved if cultures share the same values, otherwise it has the opposite effect.
The figures below show a study by Statistics Denmarkwhich 178 responses from major Danish companies on how they engage with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The goals on sub-goals, inclusion and gender equality show that the vast majority want to increase the level of equal pay between men and women, while there are mmuch agreement on reducing gender discrimination and more female leaders. At the same time, if you look at the reasons why companies choose to focus on the SDGs, it is largely to take social responsibility, but also to attract stakeholders by creating an attractive company.
A recruitment system that creates equality and diversity
Recruiting for equality and diversity is not only ethical, but also brings a lot of benefits. It's no secret that when an employee is included and valued valued, they are more more likely to to achieve greater success in their role. The benefits are clear, but the recruitmentprocess often lacks the time and resources to only to focus on the candidates' competencies.
Similarlyedes, recruitment can- and decision-making process can be affected by the unconscious bias.
A recruitment systemsystem offers a solution for this, but depending on which recruitment system you want to use and how, it's important to look at why. To eliminate bias in recruitmentprocess is a challenge because it often goes unnoticed. People can develop unconscious biases from their earliest interactions at school to the media they currently consume.
"Equal rights for all candidates" is an integral part of the philosophy behind Elvium's recruitment system, which is based on THE UNITED NATIONS's vglobal goals. The system behind the automatic and objective sorting is called Elvium Smart Ranking and supports the UN SDG 5: Gender Equality. The focus of the system is solely to sort according to candidates' skills, education and work experience. With a reduced administrative burden, the the recruiter can have more time to find the right candidates candidates, identify the unconscious bias and exclude it from the process within the UN's verldensmål.
