Diversity champs and candidate engagement program

A Diversity Champs & Candidates Engagement Program

Developed By Kay Kelison

During a phone screen with a candidate - I noticed you're a member of <some

diversity network>…I am passionate about diversity and wonder if I can partner with you,

to see what other diverse (engineering/marketing/finance) professional organizations are

out there? What other groups I should be aware of? (The intention of this is to incite

conversation and also open the door for further diversity related discussions later in the

recruiting process.)

Resources: - We have a variety of networks, resource groups and communities

available to our employees. For example, we have…(You relate something that mirrors

their diverse professional organization.) …that might be of interest to you.

At the Hire Stage – Mention that your company considers employees to be our greatest

asset. As I stated on our first call, we have a variety of networks, resource groups and

communities available to our employees. I’ll send you information about these if you join

us. (this just gives a great impression)

Follow-up Email Once The Candidate Has Started - As mentioned in previous

discussions, I am sending you information to learn more about our networks, resource

groups and communities at your company


Partner Together & Develop a Diverse Network

Connect with Alumni and Professors re: DIGs

Post JDs on various diverse user groups

Leverage social networks such as LinkedIn,

Facebook, Twitter (Groups and Fanpages)

Blog on diverse networks or about diversity

Conferences

Attend Industry and/or Diversity

interest groups (DIG)

focused events (eg.WITI,NSBE,SHPE, etc)

Speaking Engagements

Keynote Speaker

Host or Lead A Panel

Recruit/Network

Be A Resource For Diverse Candidates

Participate in Diverse Interview Loops

Do Sell Calls/Dinner with Diverse

Candidates

Once Candidates are HIRED be a

resource/mentor


Together, talk about diversity before wrapping up the req

review as you know diversity is critical to the success of

MSFT economy. MSFT fosters an environment of diversity

and inclusion.

As part of sourcing efforts spend some time focusing on

ethnic and gender diversity that reflects the business

make-up.

Ask the Hiring Manager if anyone on the team has an

interest in diversity recruiting, so you can introduce the

Diversity Champ & Candidate Program.

Discuss the strategy when diverse candidates while onsite

for interviews, Partner together on the importance of

driving a diverse interview loop.


SOCIAL NETWORKS

Social networks has become a common word with Web 2.0 and

everyone is using this platform to network with one another

Diversity social networks existed long before the networks that we

know of today

These are excellent platforms where you can promote and connect


African Americans 28% Hispanics 32% Asians 20%

Females 66% Males 34%

Google Search site:twitter.com "Silicon Valley" "software engineer" (she | her) -jobs

Searching Twitter For Diversity

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2

3

Twitter Handles

Most Professional Add Their LinkedIn Profiles In Their Bio


Results By Searching Twitter/LinkedIn For Diversity

Connect and Engage

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Google Search site:facebook.com (“software engineer”) (“california” OR ca) inurl:people

Searching Facebook For Diversity

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2

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Facebook Profiles

Send a Personable Message, intro, and why


Universities:

University of Texas-Pan American

University of Texas-El Paso

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

St. Mary’s University of San Antonio

New Mexico Highlands University

ITESM

Hispanic

Fraternities/Sororities:

Gamma Alpha Omega

La Hermandad de Oe Me Te

Kappa Delta Chi

Omega Delta Phi

Associations:

Society of Hispanic Professional

Engineers (SHPE)

Society of Mexican American

Engineers & Scientists (MAES)

National Society of Hispanic MBAs

(NSHMBA)

National Council of Hispanic Women

National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

Hispanic Women’s Corporation

Other Terms:

Hispanic, Spanish, Latina, Latino, Latin American


Universities

North Carolina Central University

Prairie View A&M University

Norfolk State University

Stillman College

Philander Smith College

Tuskegee University

Howard University

Morehouse College

Spelman College

Xavier University of Louisiana

Morgan State University

University of Maryland—Eastern Shore

Johnson C. Smith University

North Carolina A&T State University

Bethune—Cookman College

Albany State University

Morris Brown University

Chicago State University

Dillard University

Coppin State College

Tougaloo College

Mississippi Valley State University

Lincoln University

Lane College

Black Fraternities/Sororities

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha

Delta Sigma Theta

Kappa Alpha Psi

Omega Psi Phi

Phi Beta Sigma

Sigma Gamma Rho

Zeta Phi Beta

Associations

“National Society of Black Engineers”

OR “NSBE”,

“National Black MBA Association” OR

NBMBAA


Universities:

Agnes Scott College

Barnard College

Bennett College

Brenau University

Bryn Mawr College

Carlow College

Cedar Crest College

Chatham College

College of Saint Catherine

Columbia College

Converse College

Emmanuel College

Harford College for Women

Hollins College

Hood College

Judson College

Mary Baldwin College

Marymount College

Meredith College

Mills College

Sororities:

Alpha Delta Pi

Alpha Gamma Delta

Alpha Omicron Pi

Alpha Phi

Chi Omega

Delta Delta Delta

Delta Gamma

Gamma Phi Beta

Kappa Alpha Theta

Kappa Delta Chi

Kappa Kappa Gamma

Pi Beta Phi

Sigma Kappa

Associations: WITI

ACM-W

Society of Women Engineers

Association for Women in

Computing

Universities: Mount Holyoke College

Mount Mary College

Mount Vernon College

Notre Dame College of Ohio

Randoph-Macon Woman's

College

Saint Joseph College

Saint Mary's College

Scripps College

Simmons College

Seton Hill College

Smith College

Spelman College

Stephens College

Stern College

Sweet Briar College

Ursuline College

Wellseley College

Wells College

Wesleyan College

William Woods University

The Women's College at the

University of Denver


X-Ray

Definition – technique that uses the “site:” command to focus on finding results from a specific domain.

Sample – site: swe.org (engineer OR software OR developer)

Sample – site:witi.com (software OR developer OR engineer)

FlipSearch:

Definition – technique that focuses on finding hyperlinks in results. FlipSearch makes use of the “linkdomain” command with YAHOO only; this search does not work with GOOGLE. This technique is used to find sites that candidates link to.

Sample – linkdomain:swe.org (engineer OR software OR developer) -jobs -careers -apply

INTITLE:

Definition – finds the words within the body of the document, websites, indexes, blogs etc.

Sample – intitle:resume OR intitle:blog (engineer OR developer) (swe OR society of women engineers)

INURL:

Definition – finds the words within the body of url address.

Sample – inurl:resume OR inurl:blog (engineer OR developer) (witi OR women in technology)

Sample – intitle:resume OR inurl:resume (software OR developer OR engineer) (Alpha Gamma Delta OR Pi Beta Phi OR Gamma Phi Beta

BING YAHOO GOOGLE

intitle: intitle: intitle:

inurl: inurl: inurl:

site: site: linkdomain:

site:


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