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Best Practices in Recruiting a Diverse Workforce
Thursday, June 24
12 – 1 p.m. EDT; 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. CDT
Download PDFThis webinar will share:
- How to make the business case of a diverse workforce to senior executives and hiring managers
- How to develop key partners in a successful diversity strategy
- How to overcome common myths and challenges
- Key practices that lead to successful inclusion
- How to engage the entire organization towards a successful journey
About this webinar:
Diversity is not a new concept to American businesses. Yet today, employers large, medium and small continue to struggle with changing the cultural fabric from compliance to inclusion. There are still many that don’t understand the connection between a diverse workforce and organizational growth. If they do, they may not be sure how to achieve it. Successful recruitment and retention strategies must be mastered now as the economy recovers. In this session, you will have the opportunity to learn about some simple solutions that fit into most business models that do require leadership commitment but can be accomplished with limited financial resources. Recruiting diverse talent is a business imperative leading to success or failure in today’s changing and challenging economic times.
About the presenter:
Katherine O. McCary
Katherine McCary is the Vice President of Human Resources at SunTrust Banks, Inc, where she also works closely with the Diversity and Inclusion team. As a part of her responsibilities, she advises Regional Diversity Councils which are chaired by the local bank presidents. She is tasked with corporate responsibility for growth and development of each Council’s Affinity Teams. These teams reflect a wide base of diversity dimensions and include people of color, gender, GLBT and disability. In her 20 years with SunTrust, her contributions to SunTrust’s disability efforts have resulted in national recognition, including the SHRM HR Magazine 2000 Innovative Practice Award, the 2002 US Business Leadership Network (USBLN®) Exceptional Leadership Award and the US Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao’s 2004 New Freedom Initiative Award. In October 2008, Katherine was appointed to the National Council on Disability by President Bush and confirmed by the US Senate and served on NCD until March 2010. She was appointed to serve on the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities in November, 2009 by the Governor of Virginia.
Martha Artiles
Martha Artiles, Global Chief Diversity Officer of Manpower, Inc, brings a unique combination of human resources, engineering and community experience from her 30-year career to Manpower where she oversees global strategic diversity and workforce development. Her expertise spans many areas including diversity, organizational change, recruitment, quality management and mechanical engineering. Prior to joining Manpower, Artiles led diversity initiatives at global corporations in the manufacturing, IT and service sectors. Her accomplishments include the initiation of a minority council to educate senior executives at a Fortune 300 global corporation, the creation and development of an executive-focused mentoring program and the co-founding of a Hispanic employee networking group. Most recently, Artiles led the development and execution of Manpower’s global and North American diversity strategies.
DISCLAIMER: This presentation and the materials are provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal or HR advice. Please consult your HR or Legal representative before using or implementing any of the processes or information contained herein.
