00:18:08 Joe Marino: Welcome everyone!
00:19:37 Cat Colella-Graham: Welcome!
00:19:59 Yvette Mack-Tate: Happy Friday Everyone!!
00:21:06 Judy Safian: Hire differently
00:21:06 Joe Marino: Hire DIfferently
00:21:07 Yvette Mack-Tate: Hire Differently!
00:21:07 Ben Jr: Hire differently!
00:21:09 Hope Sims: Hire Differently
00:21:10 Lisa Vasquez Fedrizzi: Hire differently
00:21:12 Candice McGlen: Hire differently!
00:21:12 Kathryn Smith: Hire differently
00:21:16 Justin Cooper: Hire differently!!
00:21:17 Michael Nadler: Hire differently
00:21:19 Anna Wright: Hire Differently!
00:21:24 Shannon McCarthy: HIRE DIFFERENTLY!! 🙂
00:21:49 Lotus Buckner: Welcome, Everyone! Thank you for joining us today for this Real People Real Talk virutal roundtable on Recruiting for Diversity and Inclusion. Please join in on the conversation using this Chat feature. We have three rules 1) Be respectful and open-minded regardless of your perspectives and opinions as we are all here to learn AND unlearn, 2) Be unapologetically candid because if we’re going to meet our goal of learning and unlearning, we need to have real, authentic conversations, and 3) Have fun and let your passion on this topic spill out; it’s a safe space.

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Please introduce yourselves – your name, where you’re joining us from and why you’re interested in continuing these critical conversations.
00:22:21 Michael Nadler: Good Afternoon https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhnadler/ CFO on the GO Chicagoland Real Estate, Service and Not for Profit For bottom line results
00:23:28 Hope Sims: Good Afternoon
00:24:19 Lotus Buckner: Welcome everyone!
00:24:44 Lotus Buckner: Please introduce yourselves – your name, where you’re joining us from and why you’re interested in continuing these critical conversations.
00:26:11 Lisa Vasquez Fedrizzi: Good Afternoon – Lisa Vasquez-Fedrizzi, Managing Director, People & Action at Cheer Partners. These conversations are important to me as D, E & I as it is a staple of my personal beliefs and professional path.
00:27:12 Gabriel Lopez: Hello everyone, I am Gabriel Lopez logging in from Houston, Tx. I have used DEI strategies in both my careers of social work and k-12 education. I am here because I see a GIANT opportunity for conversations like these in the K-12 world.
00:30:00 Anna Wright: Hello! Anna Wright, Talent Acquisition/HR Coordinator at Associated Grocers of New England. Staying on top of new DEI strategies are important to me so I can implement them in my recruiting process. I am new to the HR world and am excited to learn more!
00:30:11 Ben Jr: Hello everyone! Ben Cardenas here from Joliet, IL. I want to help start the D&I strategy for my company. It is not a focus and we are slowly beginning to move into that direction. As a company we have a big opportunity to make a difference and diversify our culture.
00:32:10 Hope Sims: Hello Everyone, My name is Hope Sims Currently holding the role as HR/Office Manager at OnPoint Technology. I am interested in building foundations to help bring equity into the workplace. Please feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hope-sims-6551954/
00:34:16 Lotus Buckner: Has anyone in the audience notice people asking more about diversity during interviews? OR have you been asking this during interviews if you’re a jobseeker?
00:35:14 Shannon McCarthy: I’ve noticed this for awhile at past two companies – comments on “why is your board all white men?”
00:35:14 Yvette Mack-Tate: Hello Everyone Yvette Mack-Tate joining from Chicagoland These conversations are critical because we are dealing with so many issues while we all navigate through these unchartered waters. Would love to connect to continue the conversation. linkedin.com/in/yvette-mack-tate-shrm-scp-she-her-hers-221594b7
00:35:40 Lotus Buckner: Shannon, I love that you had people come right out and ask that!
00:39:28 Ben Jr: Yes! Authenticity is key! You cannot fake it until you make it. As its been shared, candidates are digging deeper to understand the D&I philosophy of companies. If your D&I is posted on your company websites but you cannot model the behaviors or actions people will pick up on that and walk away.
00:40:10 Shannon McCarthy: Yes! from all walks of life, Lotus.
00:40:23 Laura Ladd: Hello Everyone, my name is Laura Ladd and I am the HR Business Partner at Northwest Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL. I want to be part of these important conversations to learn and best support my organization in moving towards a more diverse workforce.
00:40:42 Shannon McCarthy: Love the golf course/bar stories – this extends really into onboarding…needs to be more than just hiring, but the onboarding experience too
00:44:39 Judy Safian: Any advice for how to handle (as leader, peer, employee) when exec leadership just paying lip service to D, E & I change?
00:45:55 Hope Sims: Because they are not the problem!!!
00:49:07 Hope Sims: Leadership has to stand up and make that change. It would be more Genuinely accepted. Stop deflecting on to employees; who may not have the power to make change within the organization
00:49:07 Yvette Mack-Tate: The survey should have been anonymous. You would have gotten more participation or if you had the survey sent out by a third party you may have had more participation.
00:49:21 Judy Safian: Thank you Rohini!
00:52:12 Hope Sims: Yes!
00:53:11 Hope Sims: Exactly Cat!!!!
00:58:16 Hope Sims: Yes Candice!
00:58:34 Laura Ladd: yes, great story!
00:58:40 Lotus Buckner: Candice, I love that activity! I do a similar network audit in my training!
00:58:52 Ben Jr: What resources can you recommend for Unconscious bias or D&I training for a company that has not had a focus on this in the past?
01:01:30 Lotus Buckner: Ben, let’s chat! Gregory Tall is awesome!
01:04:15 Ben Jr: Thank you, Lotus!
01:09:18 Hope Sims: Thank you all so much! This was loaded with great insight. I appreciate all the panelists taking the time to share with us. You all are amazing for entering this space to speak on such a much needed topic. I wish I could stay to hear more but I must jump into another meeting. Thank you all again, let’s keep this going.
01:09:33 Lotus Buckner: Thanks Hope! See you next month!
01:09:49 Hope Sims: Thanks Lotus! See you soon!
01:10:56 Michael Nadler: Not all top minority candidates want to be the first and only diverse employee
01:11:27 Hope Sims: Exactly Candice…
01:12:43 Hope Sims: Yes!!! I agree Joe…It didn’t happen overnight and change will have to take place over time. But that means continuously doing the work!
01:13:43 Hope Sims: I hate I have to go! Thank you!
01:16:08 Ben Jr: Great session! Thank you for all of the insight! Wish I could stay longer but have to jump off for another meeting. Be safe all. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-cardenas-atd-master-instructional-designer-a4766120
01:16:55 Lotus Buckner: RADAR – Reimagine (where your talent is), Advocate (be one), Develop (your pipelines), Ally (build an ally culture), Retain (put a premium on keeping good people in your company)
01:17:57 Candice McGlen: Yes engage your community!
01:18:14 Yvette Mack-Tate: Great topic and conversation!! Thank YOU!!
01:18:23 Judy Safian: Thanks all!
01:18:42 Lisa Vasquez Fedrizzi: Thanks all!
01:18:54 Shannon McCarthy: Thank you!!
01:18:55 Michael Nadler: Great conversation
01:19:25 Maisy Nadege: thanks so much.. my first time and what a rich exchange!!! thank you for putting those. and looking to next one.. stigma, waooo 🙂