In this episode, I receive Tom Hannigan, an experienced recruiter to talk about recruitment and inclusion.

I was glad to hear from Tom's experience that most companies he's been working with have in their minds diversity and inclusion when they want to recruit and that companies are keen on improving in general on these topics.

However, the approach taken by companies will differ a lot depending on their culture, if I can say. Tom shares interesting differences between companies from different countries. Different approaches are used because regulations and laws can allow certain things in some countries that are not allowed in others.

The approach seems to be also shaped by the more widespread discussions in the society. For instance, companies will think more of racial diversity for instance when the topic is more prominent in media and society as a whole.

Tom shares his insights on what recruiters can do to help companies fulfilled their diversity and inclusion goals. Recruiters can help diverse people to apply. Work well on the job description. Make it inclusive and keep it simple and to the point. Give an idea of how it feels like and is to join the organisation.

We had an interesting discussion around the use of anonymised CVs.

We finish with Tom giving you his advice, so listen to the end!

If you want to continue the discussion with Tom, you can follow or connect with him on LinkedIn