Diverse hiring practices have emerged as a strategy for maintaining a productive workforce and problem-solving. Hire Partnership bridges the divide between qualified women and minority candidates and your organization. We provide CEOs, owners, stakeholders, and human resources departments with opportunities to strengthen their ranks through proactive diversity hiring.
What is MWBE certification?
Diverse hiring practices remain a core value at Hire Partnership and a part of our very fabric as a company. We didn’t just earn certification as a minority- or woman-owned business enterprise (MWBE). We’re one of the unique recruiting and staffing providers considered a Supplier Diversity Office (SDO). That means at least 51 percent (the majority) of the business is women-owned and minority-owned.
As a Massachusetts woman-owned business with more than 25 years of experience providing diverse hiring strategies in Greater Boston, we attract the professionals employers might not find elsewhere. If you want to onboard the brightest and the best staff members from all walks of life, your diverse hiring practices must reflect our communities.
Benefits of Implementing a Diverse Workforce
Let’s think about diverse hiring benefits from the goal achievement lens. A hypothetical department struggles with internal difficulties they cannot adequately resolve. The organization finally outsources this facet of its workload to a third-party firm. That solution comes with increased cost and a measure of frustration. After all, industry leaders believe they hired the right people for the job.
One of the key reasons companies come up short involves the so-called “group think.” Businesses unwittingly hire a staff of like-minded people who don’t bring diverse, outside-the-box thinking to the table. When you work with a MWBE-certified recruiting and staffing agency, people with a wide range of ideas collaborate and achieve. These are other benefits of a diverse hiring policy employers tout.
Increased Profitability
When a workforce looks, talks, and represents the community, customers and clients feel more comfortable. Whether that idea is at the forefront of people’s minds or intuitive, the impact on a business’s bottom line is the same. Reports indicate that diverse companies are upwards of 70 percent more likely to secure a new market. The Harvard Business Review notes that a major issue stems from the ideas of women and minorities not being as highly regarded in non-diverse environments.
Improved Talent Pools
There are two unique aspects to working with a minority and woman-owned staffing agency that benefit small, mid-sized and larger corporations. The first is establishing a reputation as a business committed to inclusivity. Clients and industry partners may prioritize working with your team over others. The second involves whether highly qualified and talented people are willing to take a position in your organization.
Contrary to yesteryear hiring thinking, it’s no longer all about the money. In today’s labor market, difference-makers conduct due diligence on companies and decide where they wish to interview.
Reduce Workforce Attrition
The problems associated with losing valued employees continue to plague organizations. A Gallup study indicates that turnover typically results in a loss of half to double each exiting employee’s salary. Adding the proverbial insult to the financial injury, Forbes notes that the hidden costs can be even more debilitating.
These include systemic workforce shortages that overburden others, loss of knowledge, and taking company leaders off-task to train new hires. Minimizing unnecessary attrition ranks among the most beneficial diverse hiring strategies for the modern employer.
Hire Partnership Meets the Challenges of Building a Diverse Work Environment
Companies tend to fall into a pattern of hiring people they think are the most suitable for their operation. Missteps may entail prioritizing resumes that check certain boxes or people who attended universities that decision-makers believe best prepare them for the sector. It’s essential to set aside these and other preconceived notions and look at unique skills, perspectives and inclusivity. When you have a diverse staff, the whole exceeds the sum of the parts.
At Hire Partnership, we work diligently with companies to recruit exceptional people. If you’re interested in gaining the advantages of diverse hiring strategies, contact us today. Let’s get the process started.
