Skills-First Recruiting with a DEI Mindset

Explore how adopting a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) lens can supercharge a skills-based recruiting mindset.

Diversity Recruiting vs. Skills-Based Diversity Recruiting

• What's the difference in recruiting strategies?
• Where’s the DEI in skills-based recruiting?

1. Pivoting to a Skills-Based Recruiting Strategy

• DEI recruiting: Order of operations
• Skills-based recruiting: Objectives and goals
• Learning a new recruiting process
• A note about skills for recruiters

2. The Steps of Skills-Based Recruiting

• Relationship building to meet hiring manager expectations
• Using critical thinking to identify competencies
• Adjusting your sourcing strategy to consider equity
• Aligning company value propositions with candidate values
• Demonstrating business acumen

Conclusion

• Your job is changing