Equitable Hiring Practices Workshop

Racial equity is more than human resources. At the same time, we cannot build anti-racist institutions unless we examine our hiring practices and employment systems.

In this series, participants will build on a basic and shared understanding of bias to assess organizational systems for areas of susceptibility to bias, the presence of inequities built into our seemingly neutral systems, and gain tools that support the practical implementation of equitable hiring practices.

Enrich Chicago offers three sessions, each with a focus on a specific facet of hiring:

• Process Audit/Assessment & Recruitment

• Job Descriptions

• Review of Applications

The goals of this workshop series are to:

• Identify the conditions in hiring systems that result in bias;

• Identify and design tactics that can disrupt or reduce implicit bias endemic in our institutions, and;

• Review leading practices in equitable hiring.

Dates/Times:

May 08,  9:30-11:30 Recruitment

May 15,  9:30-11:30 Job Descriptions

May 22 9:30-11:30 Review of Applications

Duration: Each Session is approximately two (2) hours, with an hour follow-up session after the series for additional peer learning and coaching. Each session requires 45 minutes of self-directed preparation before the facilitated online session. Links to materials will be provided upon registration. All offerings in this series are on Zoom.

Who should attend: Individuals who have participated in an introductory level workshop on systemic racism and who play some role in the hiring process at your institution.