1. How to Attract Diverse Talent at Workplace

2.  The concept of diversity
encompasses acceptance and
respect. It means
understanding that each
individual is unique, and
recognizing our individual
differences.
 These can be along the
dimensions of race, ethnicity,
gender, sexual orientation,
socio-economic status, age,
physical abilities, religious
beliefs, political beliefs, or
other ideologies.

3.  It is reasonable to ask what good diversity does us. The fact is that if you want to
build teams or organizations capable of innovating, you need diversity. Diversity
enhances creativity. It encourages the search for novel information and
perspectives, leading to better decision making and problem solving.
 Diversity can improve the bottom line of companies and lead to unfettered
discoveries and breakthrough innovations. Even simply being exposed to diversity
can change the way you think. This is not just wishful thinking: it is the conclusion I
draw from decades of research from organizational scientists, psychologists,
sociologists, economists and demographers.

4.  Increased Productivity - Diversity and Inclusion brings in diverse different talents
together working towards a common goal using different sets of skills that ignites
their loyalty and increases their retention and productivity.
 Increased creativity and Problem solving - With so many different and diverse
minds coming together many more solutions will arise as every individual brings in
their way of thinking, operating and solving problems and decision making

5.  Attract and Retain talent that add a competitive edge to any organization. Feeling
included and appreciated increases loyalty and feeling of belonging. Language
skills pool is increased and propels organization forward either to compete in the
International global world or to increase its diverse customer base.
 Help to build synergy in teams and enhances communication skills that brings in
new attitudes and processes that profit the whole team.
 Applying the proper diversity& inclusion management strategies does not only
save money on litigation expenses generated by discrimination lawsuits but is the
right thing to do for the business.
 It increases market share and create a satisfied diverse customer base by relating
to people from different backgrounds. It does propel the United States and its
status to claim its place and success in the global business world of the 21st
century

6.  Flexible Working – Most of the Female employees prefer places to work where
they can maintain the work life after maternity. Their preference is to look for
organizations who provide them flexibility of workings hours to carry out their
personal and professional responsibilities well.
 Reward Programme – Organizations do have a different reward programme for
employees who refer diversity candidates. Encourage male employees to refer
their wife's.
 Vendor Reward – Vendor are rewarded and paid additional amount to share
diversity candidate profiles and getting them hired,
 Recruitment Drives – There are diversity specific hiring drives conducted, with
this whosoever gets hired is a diversity talent for the organization.

7.  Day Care – Female employees prefer organization who contribute to the healthy
upbringing of their kids. There are organization who have tie ups with reputed day
cares where the employees get discount on the overall fee.
 Pre School and Regular Education - There are organizations who sponsor the
education as well for the kids where the employee gets 40 – 50% discount on the
annual fee.
 Respecting Career Break - The idea of diversity talent can be promoted by
running special projects to hire female candidates after career break. This can be
due to marriage, maternity, relocation, medical or personal reasons.
 Persons with disabilities - It is also important to note that disability rate increases
with age. Persons with disabilities often have accessibility needs and companies
that provide access to products and services through alternate formats will realize
a competitive business advantage.

8. Diversity works by promoting hard work and creativity; by encouraging the
consideration of alternatives even before any interpersonal interaction takes place.
The pain associated with diversity can be thought of as the pain of exercise. You have
to push yourself to grow your muscles. The pain, as the old saw goes, produces the
gain. In just the same way, we need diversity—in teams, organizations and society as
a whole—if we are to change, grow and innovate.

9. Presentation By – Vandana