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Streamlining Diversity Hiring through a Data-Based Approach

The modern world is characterised by an interconnectedness that flourishes through the fusion of diverse viewpoints and experiences. Companies place a strong emphasis on integrating a broad spectrum of talent from diverse backgrounds. This shift is driven by a growing awareness of the favorable influence that a diverse workforce can have on workplace culture and overall performance.

To help these organisations effectively navigate the intricacies of diversity recruitment and tap into a pool of highly qualified talent, the expertise of business and talent consultancies like eg.1 becomes indispensable.

“We enable clients to recruit and seamlessly integrate high-impact diverse talent while minimising the risk of unsuccessful hires,” says Andrew Gray, CEO of eg.1.

The firm assists clients in circumventing challenges centred on three pillars—attracting, retaining and promoting diverse talent. eg.1 helps clients look beyond the limited population of available diverse candidates to adjacent talent pools with transferable skills.

To mitigate its client’s diversity challenges, eg.1 offers a comprehensive three-step solution called the ‘Diversity Toolkit’. The first phase of the solution entails the firm collecting crucial data regarding the client’s strengths, limitations and areas of success. This information guides the firm to recommend actionable practices to its clients while providing them with data related to the prevailing market trends.

In the next stage, the company conducts training workshops to understand the client’s perspective on the importance of workplace diversity and the foundation of its strategy. The process concludes by implementing the diversity strategy that is meticulously crafted through client collaboration. Forging ahead, eg.1 leverages the support of its sister company, GC Index, which quantifies the impact individuals make in their respective job roles as part of the talent integration process. Traditionally, companies have relied on information about their prospective hire’s current skills, experience and personality to determine their capabilities for a role. However, a major limitation of this approach is the inability to determine whether an individual appointed for a particular role can make a positive impact, such as driving digital transformation or fostering new business growth.

eg.1, along with GC Index, creates a simple framework comprising five proclivities—strategist, game changer, playmaker, polisher and implementer.

Although every employee in a company exhibits these tendencies to varying degrees, only two are considered dominant. The data gathered through GC Index enables eg.1 to identify the new hire’s dominant proclivities, ensuring an individual’s capabilities align with the respective job requirements.

eg.1 has collaborated with several organisations, all of whom have benefited from its services. In one noteworthy instance, the firm extended its assistance to a global professional services firm seeking to enhance their workforce’s gender and ethnic diversity. eg.1 assisted them in developing an effective three-year diversity program by identifying improvement areas in their existing program and gaps in the business. It also located areas with a high rate of attrition and succession challenges.

In terms of the diversity program execution, eg.1 tracked and contacted alumni of reputed universities, gathered information about potential EMEA competitors and created a network of suitable diverse talent for its client. Simultaneously, it tracked this network for 6 to 12 months and expeditiously introduced new talent to the client. eg.1’s assistance has enabled the client to hire more than ten women in senior positions in their technology space.

eg.1 adheres to the principle of diversity within its own workspace as well. It ensures that more than 50 per cent of its staff members are female, of which 30 per cent belong to ethnic minority backgrounds.

Today, eg.1 is a trusted partner in diversity and inclusion, assisting numerous organisations in addressing diversity challenges. By leveraging GC Index’s help to identify qualified individuals for roles, the firm significantly enhances its client’s operational effectiveness and efficiency.