AskHR is an initiative started by Applicant Tracking System, where we reach out to Talent Acquisition professionals and discuss with them about the trending issues of recruitment world.

1. #ASKHR: IS YOUR ORGANISATION HIRING
DIVERSE WORKFORCE?
#AskHR is an initiative started by Applicant Tracking System, where we reach
out to Talent Acquisition professionals and discuss with them about the trending
issues of recruitment world.
#Diversified hiring has become the latest buzzword across various organisations. Talking on this theme, we asked
people – “Do you consider having diversified workforce in your organisation?” Also, we tried digging a bit
deeper to know what factors they consider in Diversified hiring. Here is what they have to say:
1. Diversified Workforce Increases Productivity
We consider diversified workforce in our organisation because it increases productivity and there are competitive
advantages also like – increase in creativity within the company. Language diversity helps us to expand into global
market.
Our Parameters for Diversified Hiring
“Customer demand, Overtime of current employee, current employee need help to develop
something, and cost to the company”
– Nikita Yadav, Assistant HR Manager, at Agicent Technologies
2. We are not with heavy workforce to need diversification
No we don’t have hiring of diversified workforce in our organisation as we are not a large company with heavy
workforce. We even don’t hire on regular basis so the need to look for diversified workforce is not applicable.

2. Our Parameters for Diversified Hiring
“Apart from Diversified Hiring, we look for factors like – Experience, Technical Knowledge,
Location and Communication skills of the candidate”
– Shraiyacee Mittal, Technical Sales, at DSKY Technology Pvt Ltd
3. Helps in Adapting to Different Cultures
Diversification is important for any organisation. It leads to getting adapted to different cultures, geographies &
educational background. We focus on diversified hiring at our organisation to bring various experts from across the
world under one roof
Our Parameters for Diversified Hiring
“Our preferred traits for hiring are – Educational background, Work experience, Ethnicity,
Gender ,Culture, Religion & we even consider differently abled candidates.”
– Meher Jitturi, Strategic Solutions Specialist, The Strategist
4. Diversification means no Discrimination
Having Diversified workforce is always a productive aspect for any organisation. It also brings positive reputation
because it is evident that we do not practice employee discrimination.
Our Parameters for Diversified Hiring
“Age, Gender & Nationality”
– Meghal Vasa, Team Lead, Emerson
5. More Ideas and better thought process
Yes, we do consider Diversified Hiring. Ours is a company with mixed people from different states, culture and with
wide technical knowledge. The difference in our language and culture brings more ideas, creativity and thought
process on the table.

3. Our Parameters for Diversified Hiring
“Demographic diversity, Socio-cognitive diversity, Organizational diversity”
– Ramya Shirisha, HR Executive, Whishworks
So according to the views presented above, even though diversified hiring is becoming a buzzword, the need to
implement it in an organisation depends on the type of business it is in. Those who are in favour of diversified
workforce have given some creative factors to consider.
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