Bias comes in many forms and can cause us to form prejudices against others. One of the biases we often see in the workplace is gender bias. It’s the tendency to prefer one gender over another....
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Leontien Rutenfrans
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3 ways to improve your diversity recruitment strategy
How are your company’s diversity efforts coming along? Do you succeed in hiring people of different backgrounds, ages, and genders? Or do your diversity and inclusion goals seem to be out of reach?...
How can employer branding help you in recruitment?
In recruitment, employer branding is something we often overlook. However, it can have a huge impact on your company’s workforce. All companies benefit from having a strong employer brand. Because...
The impact of gender bias in the workplace
When we discuss workplace discrimination, gender bias is one of those topics we can’t ignore. We’re sure that all companies want to treat men and women equally. Unfortunately, though, in practice,...
DEIB at work—ways to increase diversity and inclusion
How diverse is your workforce? Are people from different backgrounds treated equally? Do they have the same chances? And do you hire people from different backgrounds for new jobs? Is the answer to...
Gender bias in job descriptions—where we stand now
In recent years, it has become clear that companies need to focus more on diversity and inclusion. People of all backgrounds, genders, and ages need to be equally represented in an organization. And...
How to use SEO in job descriptions
Do you ever wonder why so few potential candidates apply to your jobs? You put all of this effort into writing good job descriptions. And you give them a prominent place on your website. But do you...
The time to get started with employer branding is now
Have you noticed that it is not as easy to recruit new employees as it was a decade ago? The reason for this is twofold. Currently, there just aren’t that many people who are looking for a new job....
Diversity recruitment – 3 ways to increase diversity in recruiting
Diverse teams help you become a more innovative and creative company. Which you need to achieve better results. But you probably already knew that, right? It’s likely one of the reasons why you’ve...
Inclusive writing—the importance of writing at language level B1
Don’t miss the boat! Diversity and inclusion in the workplace are highly valued nowadays. Of course, it’s the right thing to do and on top of that, research shows that diversity plays an important...
3 ways to ensure that a chief diversity officer is successful
Hiring a chief diversity officer (CDO) is an important step towards becoming a more diverse company. But if you think that’s all that needs to be done, you’re mistaken. Currently, chief diversity...
How age bias (and many more) stands in the way of diversity
Nowadays, diversity is all around us. We live amongst people of different backgrounds, genders, and ages. We know that diversity in the workforce helps organizations grow. On top of that, diverse...
Three examples of gender bias in the workplace
Think about your workplace and ask yourself the following questions: Do you employ as many women as you do men? Do you have as many women in leadership roles as you do men? Do men and women earn...
All you need to know about employer branding in recruitment
A term like employer branding isn’t automatically linked to recruitment. That’s quite strange, since it has everything to do with attracting and retaining the right employees for your company....
How to put DEIB as center of your recruitment strategy
Over the years, conversations about diversity and inclusion in the workplace have evolved and increased. D&I has become a topic that organizations can’t ignore. It’s likely that you set yourself...
3 ways to write your job ads at language level B1
How is the search for new staff going? Do your job ads get enough responses from potential candidates? If not, there might be something wrong with the way you’re writing them. Did you know that 1...
How to foster DEIB?
Greater innovation, better team performance and increased profitability. These all sound good, right? Just like improving engagement and retention. But what exactly is “doing the right thing”? It...
5 benefits of data-driven recruitment
How often have you hired the wrong person for the job? It has probably happened a lot more often than you’d like. No less than 74% of managers and recruiters have done so at least once during their...
What is diversity recruitment and why is it important?
How diverse is your workforce? Before you answer, we’re not just talking about creating the perfect male/female ratio. As you know, diversity is about a lot more than that. You want a workforce that...
5 ways to prevent gender bias in your recruitment process
In 2022, we still have to deal with exclusion within the recruitment process. Most of the time people are not aware of for example gender bias in their process. Therefore, it’s getting more and more...
4 ways to improve your employer branding – part 2
Have you read part one of this blog post yet? Then you know that becoming a more diverse and inclusive company requires a lot of patience. It takes a lot of time and effort. But reaching your...
4 ways to improve your employer branding – Part 1
Becoming a more diverse and inclusive company doesn’t happen overnight. That is something you’ve probably already realized. It takes a lot of time and effort to reach your diversity and inclusion...
3 reasons why employer branding matters in recruitment
When you’re in recruitment, employer branding may not be the first thing that comes to mind. It has something to do with marketing, right? Not quite. Employer branding is the process of defining and...
Examples of age bias in the recruitment process
Age discrimination has no place in a diverse and inclusive company. Unfortunately, though, age bias is not something we rarely see. It’s one of the things that keeps companies from reaching their...