What are the most effective ways to measure diversity and inclusivity in your screening process?

2 Review your screening criteria and methods

The next step is to review your screening criteria and methods, and assess how they support or hinder your diversity and inclusivity goals. Screening criteria are the qualifications, skills, competencies, and attributes that you use to evaluate candidates for a role. Screening methods are the tools and techniques that you use to collect and analyze information about candidates, such as resumes, interviews, tests, assessments, references, and so on. You need to ensure that your screening criteria and methods are relevant, valid, reliable, fair, and consistent for the role and the candidates, and that they do not introduce any bias, discrimination, or barriers that could affect the diversity and inclusivity of your talent pool. You can use various methods to review your screening criteria and methods, such as audits, surveys, feedback, analytics, or external experts.

3 Collect and analyze diversity and inclusivity metrics

The third step is to collect and analyze diversity and inclusivity metrics, which are the quantitative and qualitative indicators that show how your screening process is performing in terms of diversity and inclusivity. Diversity metrics measure the representation and distribution of different groups and categories of candidates in your screening process, such as the number, percentage, ratio, or variance of candidates by gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, education, skills, experience, personality, and so on. Inclusivity metrics measure the experience and perception of candidates in your screening process, such as the level of satisfaction, engagement, trust, respect, belonging, fairness, or opportunity that candidates feel or report during the screening process. You can collect and analyze diversity and inclusivity metrics using various sources and methods, such as data collection tools, surveys, feedback, interviews, focus groups, or external experts.

5 Identify and implement improvements to your screening process

The final step is to identify and implement improvements to your screening process, based on the insights and feedback that you gather from your diversity and inclusivity measurement. Improvements are the actions and changes that you make to your screening process to enhance its diversity and inclusivity performance and impact, such as revising your screening criteria and methods, training your screeners and hiring managers, diversifying your sourcing channels and strategies, enhancing your employer brand and value proposition, or creating a more inclusive screening culture and environment. You can identify and implement improvements using various methods and techniques, such as root cause analysis, gap analysis, action planning, experimentation, or continuous improvement.