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This Non-Profit Is Uncovering the Hidden Talent Pool of Immigrants

Cornerstone On Demand

Upwardly Global helps thousands of work-authorized immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and green card holders rebuild their careers, while enabling employers to access a diverse talent pool through diversity partnerships, consultations and candidate matching. looks to compete in the world economy.

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Predicting the Future, Talent Edition

HRExecutive

“Today companies are taking an even more strategic approach to talent acquisition, becoming increasingly inventive to attract and retain valuable candidates,” said Byrne Mulrooney, CEO of Futurestep. According to McKinsey’s 2015 Global Growth Model study, from 2005-2015 there were three times as many workers as retirees.

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How 3 Organizations Closed Critical Talent Gaps by Creating Opportunities for Skilled Refugees

Linkedin Talent Blog

By adjusting your hiring process to shine a spotlight on candidates’ skills, you can tap into this overlooked talent pool — while helping refugees rebuild their lives. As a result of this gender diversity within refugee talent pools, Cisco has found it easier to bring more women IT professionals on board.

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How HR Can Tackle Diversity Using the Rooney Rule

Visier

In August 2015, the need for more workforce diversity was spotlighted in a big way when President Obama issued a call to action to technology companies, encouraging them to hire more women and minorities by implementing the Rooney Rule. The need to hire diversely goes beyond dollars and cents, too.

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25 Companies Who Hire Adults With Autism #AutismAwarenessMonth

Workology

Aspiritech , a nonprofit based in Chicago has a program to train high-functioning people on the autism spectrum to test software for tech development companies. Autism Speaks offers a variety of tools and resources for families, individuals and employers including a robust employer autism employment toolkit. Click here. Click here.

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Paradigm for Parity® Coalition’s 5 Actionable Steps to Gender Equity

Visier

Perhaps this is due to broader talent pools, improved quality of decision-making, and innovation due to diversity of thought as suggested by a McKinsey Report. I certainly saw this first-hand with my own experience in building a diverse team. Instead, prioritize diverse candidate slates and decision-making panels.

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Diversity vs Inclusion: What’s the difference?

Digital HR Tech

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) are often used in tandem rather than as diversity vs inclusion. In this article, we’ll look at diversity vs inclusion, the difference between the two, how D&I leads to organizational success and 7 examples of diversity and inclusion activities in the workplace.