Coaching for Leaders8 Aug 2022

589: How to Create Inclusive Hiring Practices, with Ruchika Tulshyan

Ruchika Tulshyan: Inclusion on Purpose

Ruchika Tulshyan is the founder of Candour, a global inclusion strategy firm. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times and Harvard Business Review. As a keynote speaker, Ruchika has addressed organizations like NASA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the United States Congress.

Ruchika is the author of The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace, and most recently, Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work*. She is on the Thinkers50 Radar list and named as one of Hive Learning’s Most Influential D&I Professionals for the past two years.

In this conversation, Ruchika and I discuss how leaders can adapt their hiring practices to attract more diverse candidates — and ultimately support inclusion inside their organizations. We discuss the importance of what to both include and avoid in job postings. Plus, we examine how well-intended interview practices can sometimes have unintended results on supporting diversity and inclusion.

Key Points

Make the hiring process transparent from start to finish.
Include an authentic equal opportunity statement.
Refrain from using certain words in job listings. Examples include: rockstar, ninja, hacker, guru, manage, build, aggressive, fearless, independent, analytic, and assertive.
Emphasize skills and experience over professional degrees.
Avoid panel interviews and refrain from asking questions or having conversations about culture fit.

Resources Mentioned

Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work* by Ruchika Tulshyan

Interview Notes

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