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How to Tell If a Company Really Values Diversity and Inclusion
How to tell an employer is diversity-friendly
If you’re entering the job market and you’re thinking about what companies to apply to, you may wonder about the promises of diversity-friendly recruiting practices and workplaces that employers put out these days.
What exactly does a diversity-friendly employer look like? Jobseekers need a frame of reference to know what kind of standards to measure employers against. When you experience the recruitment process of employer, it can help to understand how diversity-friendly they really are.
Following are six examples of the kind of signs you should look for to determine where an employer stands on the diversity-friendliness spectrum.
A no-GPA-minimum policy
There’s been no study indicating a definitive link between a candidate’s grade point average and their actual performance at jobs. Yet, many employers make a point of preferring candidates with high GPAs. Minorities and other groups underrepresented in the workplace, however, tend to lose out in the GPA race. They often come from financially challenged backgrounds; they often need to work long hours to make their way through college, and end up with less impressive GPAs. For this reason…
