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Creating a Recruitment Action Plan

Industry: Trade Association

An industry association's mission included helping its member organizations realize the business benefits of diversity/inclusion—improved workplace effectiveness, broadened customer markets, and increased shareholder value.

Critical Issues

• Increasing representation of women and minorities in member institutions

Solution/Results

The association's diversity committee engaged Novations to study the effectiveness of existing diversity programs in member firms, and assist in the development of a diversity action plan to leverage changing marketplace demographics. The plan included:

• Increasing the number of minority-owned firms
• Developing an innovative best practices guide with examples of successful programs Regular diversity reviews conducted by the CEO
• Promoting career fairs specifically designed for minority applicants

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