The Importance of Diversity Recruiting
Most American companies view recruiting diversity as a burden for business, unrelated to the idea of having diversity in the workplace but rather the hassle associated with finding diversity candidates. It’s no secret that diversity recruiting is not a common result of the standard recruiting process. Many companies find that diversity candidates are not resembled in the majority of resumes on Monster, Careerbuilder, and other large job sites. However, there are overwhelming benefits to integrating a diversity of cultures in the office. Several companies have found first hand that the diversity of culture has led to several new ideas that have increased efficiency or led to new products.
Take the Frito Lay organization for example, their desire to recruit diverse candidates led to their product Doritos. Increasing diversity in the workplace will also increase creativity. Not all problems can be answered with one solution; other cultures can bring new ideas, which a homogeneous culture might not stimulate. Therefore, diverse recruiting strategies will bring benefits to the workplace, which are always worth pursuing.
Additionally, in an examination of common western culture in comparison to eastern culture, one noticeable difference is the view of relationship management. Eastern cultures rely on strong relationships between whom they work with. As a result, many customers of companies in the Far East have strong relationships with those they work with. Recruiting diversity more specifically from Asian countries can create stronger relationships with customers and strengthen the ties between those you work with. One downside to diversity in the workplace can be barriers in communication, however those barriers subside over time leaving the benefits of recruiting diversity.
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Fri, 5th Mar 2010 1:03 pm
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Byron West on
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Robert T. Youngblood on
Thu, 19th Jul 2012 11:39 am
Its is important recruitersworldwide understand the importance of diversity, but i guess when somebody says diversity he also talk about affordability, and those two dont always combine too well.
I agree. Historically, diversity recruiting has been pretty expensive but recently weve been able to make it much more affordable
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Great article Bryon!
As one who is looking to transition into the field of Human Resource Management, I found this information to be very insightful. I work with a multi-national business association and your words regarding professionals from Asian countries is true.
Most business owners understand the importance of diversity because this leads to new clients that would have never known about a particular product or service if no one established the relationship.
Keep on sharing and I look forward to getting to know you and learning more.
All the best,
Rob
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