

Action Ideas to Fuel Actionable DEI Initiatives – Part 4
DEI Initiatives are only as good as the changes they drive. Great DEI initiatives have a measurable and sustainable impact on employee...
Melissa Dobbins
Nov 16, 20225 min read
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Action Ideas to Fuel Actionable DEI Initiatives – Part 3
DEI Initiatives are only as good as the changes they drive. Great DEI initiatives have a measurable and sustainable impact on employee...
Melissa Dobbins
Nov 9, 20225 min read
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Action Ideas to Fuel Actionable DEI Initiatives – Part 2
DEI Initiatives are only as good as the changes they drive. Great DEI initiatives have a measurable and sustainable impact on employee...
Melissa Dobbins
Nov 2, 20224 min read
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Action Ideas to Fuel Actionable DEI Initiatives – Part 1
DEI Initiatives are only as good as the changes they drive. Great DEI initiatives have a measurable and sustainable impact that go well...
Melissa Dobbins
Oct 24, 20224 min read
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Three steps to evaluate newly required skills on a budget
Since COVID, so many things have turned upside down – how people interact and engage, how they shop, and what they buy has all changed....
Melissa Dobbins
Aug 31, 20225 min read
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The trick to effectively measure candidate demographics without biasing the process
“As I work to set up my diversity goals, how can I measure an increase in diversity of applicants when I don’t actually know if they are...
Melissa Dobbins
Aug 24, 20225 min read
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Promoting professional equity and empowerment post Roe v. Wade
The recent overturn of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court has dominated the headlines and left a wake of political, religious,...
Melissa Dobbins
Jul 7, 20225 min read
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The plethora of DEI possibilities
If there is one impression to take away from the thousands and thousands of words across the career.place trainings and blogs and...
Melissa Dobbins
May 25, 20224 min read
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The Narrative of Hiring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Starring Metrics
This week we were honored to contribute a piece to the JazzHR blog. Take a tour ... Talent Acquisition Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion...
Gabe Gurman
Feb 18, 20221 min read
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Setting effective diversity, equity, and inclusion goals for the new year
Once again, the year is coming to a close. It’s a time of frenzied tasks; finishing the year’s commitments, spending the last of the...
Melissa Dobbins
Dec 8, 20214 min read
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Using Talent Acquisition Excellence to effectively select DEI consultants
We all need a little help sometimes. Whether it’s augmenting overburdened resources, or filling in a gap in expertise, or adding validity...
Melissa Dobbins
Jul 28, 20215 min read
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Big DEI changes starts with a single step
Imagine what it would have been like if the first math class you ever took introduced calculus or the first science class jumped into...
Melissa Dobbins
Jun 9, 20215 min read
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2021 DE&I Playbook from JazzHR and Career.Place
Congratulations to the JazzHR team for releasing their 2021 DE&I Playbook! The 2021 DE&I Playbook is a practical, actionable guide...
Gabe Gurman
May 18, 20211 min read
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Shop Talk: Defining DEI and Talking Things That Lead To #NoBias with Melissa Dobbins
Listen as Melissa Dobbins, CEO of Career.Place, talks about about diversity, inclusion and life's adventures. A fun and real conversation...
Gabe Gurman
Jan 14, 20211 min read
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The trick to achieving New Year resolutions and DEI initiatives
“This year will be different! I will get in better shape, be healthier, more organized, more productive, and I will achieve all my goals....
Melissa Dobbins
Jan 13, 20214 min read
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Tackling D&I initiatives with D&I
Whatever your D&I initiative, the more diversity and inclusion within your initiative, the better you are setting it up for success....
Melissa Dobbins
Oct 14, 20203 min read
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Politics – personalities, theatrics, and a desperate need for anonymous evaluation
The 2020 presidential debate… It has been described in many colorful ways by many people across the political spectrum and beyond....
Melissa Dobbins
Oct 7, 20202 min read
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A voyage through the quadrants of diversity
Like with most everything else, not all diversity efforts are created equal. A wide variety of things can affect the scope and impact of...
Melissa Dobbins
Aug 19, 20204 min read
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D&I Lessons through the lens of a puppy
This summer we welcomed home the newest member of our family – a mini golden Labradoodle named Aliya (Ali for short). She has...
Melissa Dobbins
Aug 12, 20204 min read
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Techniques for communicating and selling your D&I plan
You have the perfect goals and action plan for driving a strong and impactful D&I program. Every detail has been addressed, every metric...
Melissa Dobbins
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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