Tricks to creating effective job titles
Before candidates decide if they are going to click apply, before they grow excited reading the job description, before their interest is...
Melissa Dobbins
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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Shifting the privilege conversation to empower change
“The talk.” A phrase that usually evokes an immediate response. Often it brings up memories of that very awkward conversation with a...
Melissa Dobbins
Oct 2, 20244 min read
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Engaging those with disabilities: From Awareness to Equitable Inclusion and beyond
Of all the facets and demographic ‘buckets’ of humanity that we address and engage through diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging...
Melissa Dobbins
Sep 18, 20249 min read
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Using panels to remove bias from the hiring process
Career.Place was hiring. We wanted someone who was passionate about our mission of promoting and creating equitable hiring practices....
Melissa Dobbins
Sep 11, 20244 min read
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Ethical conundrum of beauty and gender-norm biases
How deep do biases go? Some, like gender norms, are so ingrained in our culture, we don't realize we are conforming. What can we do to stop?
Melissa Dobbins
Aug 28, 20243 min read
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Three tips for driving diversity in your candidate pool
Diversify at the source: three tips for driving diversity in your candidate pool While diversity challenges don’t always stem from the...
Melissa Dobbins
Aug 21, 20244 min read
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The Secret to Successful Review Meetings: Finding Opportunities for Improvement
Where check-in meetings are fundamental for ensuring healthy, productive, on track teams and projects (as covered in our blog, The Secret...
Melissa Dobbins
Aug 14, 20245 min read
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Tips for evaluating candidate sources
For many, diversifying your workforce starts at the source. The more diversity in the candidate pool applying for your job, the more...
Melissa Dobbins
Aug 7, 20244 min read
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Neutralizing hiring inequities – organization research
“I look for people who take the time to research us. I want people who show interest in our organization and in the job.” It’s a common...
Melissa Dobbins
Jul 31, 20245 min read
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Inclusive benefits: fueling the competitive edge and DEI in hiring
“How can we create more inclusive benefits packages?” It’s a common question, especially now as competition to attract, engage, and...
Melissa Dobbins
Jul 24, 20245 min read
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Managing Risk to Manage Change
Change is good. Change is what allows us to continuously improve, grow, progress. Change is what turns okay into fantastic and antiquated...
Melissa Dobbins
Jul 17, 20244 min read
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Stop Ageism! Here are five tips to combat ageism in hiring
As part of their effort to plan 2020 content, the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), a nonprofit consortium dedicated to...
Melissa Dobbins
Jul 10, 20245 min read
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Establishing Meaningful Metrics
Picking the right metrics to track is a skill with a huge payoff. The right selection will prove the value of the initiative, align it to...
Melissa Dobbins
Jun 26, 20243 min read
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Actions to help fill positions in the highly competitive candidate landscape
“We are having so much trouble filling positions – we just can’t get enough candidates.” “We can’t compete. People are getting drawn away...
Melissa Dobbins
Jun 19, 20246 min read
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The trick to building healthy sourcing relationships
Have you ever met a person for the first time and all they do is talk about themselves? Perhaps you try to inject a little about yourself...
Melissa Dobbins
Jun 12, 20244 min read
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Inclusion Tips for Candidate Interactions
Every interaction throughout the hiring process is watched, scrutinized, and evaluated. How was the first impression, were the answers to...
Melissa Dobbins
Jun 5, 20245 min read
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Avoid mistakes by learning from the past
This may come as a shock, but this initiative is probably not the first in your organization. This may be the first D&I initiative or the...
Melissa Dobbins
May 29, 20242 min read
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Building a DEI roadmap one piece at a time
Have you ever played a game of Tetris, assembled a jigsaw puzzle or Lego set, or played any type of game where the object is to turn a...
Melissa Dobbins
May 23, 20246 min read
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Experience vs. Performance – how to interview for ‘problem solving’
“Problem Solving” It’s a common requirement for a variety of jobs. From the challenges of making a sale to the intricacies of designing,...
Melissa Dobbins
May 15, 20245 min read
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The art of ‘ish’ – tricks for high-level DEI project scoping
Have you ever played the game ’21 questions’ or ‘guess the animal’ or similar? In these games, one person selects a thing or animal (or...
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May 9, 20244 min read
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