Tapping Better the Arab Talent Pool
- Concluding Meeting -
Tel-Aviv – October 31st, 2018
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Process & Information Sources
Reframing the Challenge
Theoretical Basis: ‘Exposure’ & ‘Motivation’ Among Minorities
Operative Guidelines: The Need for Recruitment-Marketing
Practical Implications: What Model should CI Operate?
Confidential 2 The Approach: to Leverage Local & International Knowledge, Experience and Insights from Both Successes & Failures
Theoretical Operative Operative Information Sources Basis Guidelines Model
‘Internal’ CI???’s View Personnel Workers/??? ??? Candidates??? Interviews??? Interviews???
???CI’s Partners??? Interviews??? Conceptual ‘Translation’ Infrastructure ‘CI customized’ of concept to for the issue of implementation actual principals ???CI’s ‘(Arab) Minority of principals and behaviors Internal??? Recruitment’ Data???
??? Researches??? Global??? ??? ‘External’ Best??? - View Practice???
Confidential 3 CI Internal & External Data Sources
Candidate research Arabs internet usage analysis, 2015 – Candidate database analysis Campaign research – Interviews results – CI candidate data: – Campaign analysis • Tenuva – Interviews results • Osem – Advertising and marketing features tracking • Hertzog – ‘New Campaign’ goals and budget, 2018 • Deloit – ‘New Campaign’ workplan, 2018 • Strauss water IDC research – Employment tracking information – Kaama’s data – Candidate campaign analysis – IDC, Academic Arabs survey, 2017 ‘Academi’ system survey Supplemental Forum CI organization information ‒ Business leadership – CI organizational structure 2017 ‒ Mentors – CI organizational structure 2018 ‒ Executive committee – Development, implementation and distribution of relevant candidate tools The Technion Program – Arab human resources companies segmentation – Studies in the Haredi Sector, 2014 – CI company’s biding document
Confidential 4 Benchmarks & Case Studies
Companies Leading Professional Websites & Blogs Software & Services – in Diversity & Inclusion – HR Related HR & Diversity Johnson & Johnson Inc. Magazine LinkedIn Proctor & Gamble Diversity Inc. SmashFly Coca Cola Thomson Reuters Talent Lyft HP (Hewlett Packard) Social Talent Beamery Intel Fast Company Brazen Cisco Jobvite Mya Mastercard KBIC Ideal EY (Ernest & Young) Rally Recruitment Marketing Sap SuccessFactors Northwestern University Diversity Best Practices Textio Undercover Recruiter Joonko NGOs Recruiter Box Mentoring Works! Nemnet Prism Diversity Consulting Young Black Leadership Alliance Job Boards Equal Approach Bridge to Employment Glassdoor Scientist Mentoring & Diversity The Muse Universities Career Centers Program (SMPD) Diversity Careers University of Michigan Sponsors for Educational Diversity Jobs University of Missouri Opportunities Minority Jobs University of Pittsburgh Opportunity Network Hispanic Careers Boston College Inroads Berkley Mentor Net General Media Charity Navigator New York Times Financial Times Harvard Business Review
Confidential 5 Agenda
Process & Information Sources
Reframing the Challenge
Theoretical Basis: ‘Exposure’ & ‘Motivation’ Among Minorities
Operative Guidelines: The Need for Recruitment-Marketing
Practical Implications: What Model should CI Operate?
Confidential 6 The Situation: Matching the Increasing Demand Generated by CI with the Existing Supply, Currently ‘Untapped’
CI’s Recent Activity has ‘Opened Up’ a variety …But Current Recruitment Solutions of new Positions for Arab Candidates… are Just Not ‘Up to the Task’
Many ‘white collar’ positions Most cases of success, are limited to few vs. ‘blue collar’ in the past selected areas - mostly in junior positions…
Many ‘staff’ positions …and are not sufficient vis-à-vis the abundance vs. ‘line’ of opened positions & the “full range” of employers’ needs… Many ‘Academic’ or ‘highly skilled’ positions vs. ‘unskilled’ or ‘low-skill’ In order to support companies growing needs CI’s KAMs invest disproportional Positions in the largest Israeli companies, & unsustainable efforts vs. small / family businesses
We run the risk of ‘losing’ the hard earned trust of the companies…
Confidential 7 Agenda
Process & Information Sources
Reframing the Challenge
Theoretical Basis: ‘Exposure’ & ‘Motivation’ Among Minorities
Operative Guidelines: The Need for Recruitment-Marketing
Practical Implications: What Model should CI Operate?
Confidential 8 Success in Candidates Attraction is Based on ‘Exposure’ & ‘Motivation’ – Which are Strongly Related among Minorities
Weak (yet becoming stronger…) connection in ‘majority’ populations Motivation is mostly inherent, Exposure and depends on position’s attractiveness Successfully informing candidates Companies’ efforts are directed of the existence of open positions at increasing exposure… …although in recent years there is a growing focus on company’s attractiveness Successful Attraction
Motivation Promote Candidates’ willingness to act in order to be accepted – especially to send CV’s Strong connection in ‘minority’ populations Minority population members tend to be less exposed to most ‘generic’ exposure channels… …and psychological ‘barriers’ cause candidates to avoid competing for ‘exposed’ jobs, usually due to a feeling of unequal terms and fear that failure is guaranteed ‘Generic Exposure’, typically ‘majority-directed’, tend to strengthen this feeling, making candidates feel that jobs are ‘not really meant for them To succeed, exposure should be ‘motivation generating’ in nature, focused on preventing these fears Confidential 9 ‘Generic’ Recruitment Efforts Strive to Maximize ‘Exposure’, rather than ‘Motivation
‘Classic’ ‘Physical Traditional advertising channels. Social Networks’ A typical company will strive Typically printed & traditional Using real-world connections for to utilize all relevant channels media marketing and recruiting (e.g. friends, family, …)
‘Institutional’ ‘Digital Target population is reached Social Networks’ via intermediary mediation body Using digital connections & rd (e.g. universitits, 3 party HR, …) networks for marketing (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, …)
Confidential 10 While Many Factors Affects Candidates’ Motivation, Only Few Can be Directly Affected by Employers’ Behavior… Psycho-Sociological Model of Candidates’ Motivation (courtesy of IDC’s Applied Center for the Psychology of Social Change)
Basic Job-seeking Intention Behavior Characteristics motivations
Structural- demographical Attitudes characteristics towards job-seeking
Subjective norms Behavioral intent Actual behavior Personal-psychological (family/peers group) to seek job sending CV, active job- characteristics towards job-seeking seeking
Self-efficacy perception regarding job seeking Psycho-sociological characteristics
Main area of influence – does not require wide social change
Confidential 11 …Primary Among them are ‘Suspicion’ Factors: Feeling of Unequal Terms & Fear that Failure is Guaranteed
Reasons preventing Arabs from sending CVs
to ‘Jewish’ companies (2015, 2017 survey) “It was my dream to work for X company, but I just kept hearing from everyone around me that they do not accept Arabs – so I never applied” 46% Arab Employee
“We had a round table to understand why candidates don’t apply, and all of our Arab employers said – ‘Of course they don’t apply. They’re sure the game is rigged against them’” 19% Company’s Recruitment Manager
9% 8% “If I had to use one word to describe Arab candidates, it would be ‘Passive’. It’s extremely frustrating, but also understandable. They know for a fact, Discrimination & Language Professinal Geographical based on way too many humiliating experiences, Racism-related Barriers Misfit Misfit fears that they have no chance’” Arab Placement Expert
Candidates feel that jobs are ‘not really meant for them’, and refrain from sending their CV’s
Source: Base your Evaluation, CI research – demand side”, 2015; IDC, “candidate campaign researchConfidential”, 2017 12 Thus, In Minority Recruitment, Exposure Channels, Methods, and Tools should be Modified to Generate Motivation
Exposure
Successful Attraction Exposure in an ‘intimate’ channel is preferable to a ‘generic’ one Motivation Specific, customized Facebook/WhatsApp/LinkedIn group Specific, targeted college faculty or department …
Exposure in a ‘close connection’ channel is preferable to a ‘distant’ one A ‘customized’ way of exposure Family members is preferable to a ‘generic’ one Friends & acquaintances Language adjustments Work-related NGOs focused also on candidates Wording personalization accompaniment personalized visuality Minority group member involvement in exposure/recruitment process … … Confidential 14 What are the Operative Principals & Behaviors Used by Successful ‘Minorities Recruiting’ Firms to Overcome the Exposure/Motivation Issue?
Confidential 15 Agenda
Process & Information Sources
Reframing the Challenge
Theoretical Basis: ‘Exposure’ & ‘Motivation’ Among Minorities
Operative Guidelines: The Need for Recruitment-Marketing
Practical Implications: What Model should CI Operate?
Confidential 16 The Need for ‘Motivation Generating Exposure’ Leads Successful Companies to Invest in ‘Recruitment Marketing’
While many companies believe that making internal adjustments in recruitment and personnel management is enough to recruit minorities,
In reality, internal adjustments alone do not solve the ‘suspicion’ issues – There is also a need to expose candidates to these changes
Acquiring & Keeping Internal Adjustments Diverse Talent
Confidential 17 The Need for ‘Motivation Generating Exposure’ Leads Successful Companies to Invest in ‘Recruitment Marketing’
While many companies believe that making internal adjustments in recruitment and personnel management is enough to recruit minorities,
In reality, internal adjustments alone do not solve the ‘suspicion’ issues – There is also a need to expose candidates to these changes
Customized Acquiring & Keeping Internal Adjustments Recruitment Marketing Diverse Talent
Confidential 18 In Their Efforts to Create Diversity, Leading Companies Go Through Three Major Phases
Phase I: Inclusion Phase II: Awareness Phase III: Diversity
Customized Acquiring & Keeping Internal Adjustments Recruitment Marketing Diverse Talent
Appointing a diversity officer ‘Externalizing’ internal Approaching candidates and setting goals adjustment via ‘recruitment by customized means for minorities representation marketing’ channels Approaching candidates Customizing recruitment Emphasizing and giving visual via customized channels process to prevent bias representation of inclusion Supporting diverse in hiring in all official publications candidates & employees Establishing regulations Actively addressing minority to secure success & training to prevent bias populations by getting in treatment and promotion involved in the community
Creating supportive programs: Getting in touch with mentoring, affinity groups community organizations in order to address talent
The main ‘mistake’ done by unsuccessful companies is to neglect the ‘suspicion’ issue, by ignoring the need for ‘awareness’
Confidential 19 At the “Inclusion” Phase, Companies Make Internal Adjustments to Promote Diversity
1 2 3 4 Executive supervisor Neutral, unbiased Unbiased requirements Organization support & clear goals recruitment process and assessments systems
Appoint a company Train recruiters Train staff to avoid Establish Mentoring executive as Chief to avoid biases in treatment programs with top Diversity Officer (CDO) unconscious biases and promotions management commitment Set diversity goals Relay on internal Use technological tools and plan changes exams rather then to trace potential Establish affinity candidate background biases in treatment groups based on origin and promotions or other group Neutralize recruitment features process via “blind” CV Treat diverse views reading & technological as an advantage tools
Some companies conduct the process with the help Diversity and anti bias training An online mentoring of specialized firms: & consulting in the US and the UK platform in Australia
To create an inclusive work environment, leading companies implement all four adjustment types
Source: companies websites
Confidential 20 Various Technological Tools were Developed to Assist the Implementation of Inclusion
Some solutions eliminate biases … While others focus on daily treatment in the recruitment process… and promotions
HR management Create an automated, bias- Integrate anti-bias tools with optional free CV selection process tools into existing HR diversity features using AI based recruiting systems assistants
Diversity oriented Write neutral Follow and report tools recruitment ads bias in daily work, and emails on top of organization systems
Actively locate diverse candidates on social media Follow and report bias in recruitment
Source: companies websites, Social Talent, Quartz
Confidential 21 At the “Awareness” Phase, Companies Address Minorities via Oriented “Recruitment Marketing” Efforts
Diversity oriented recruitment marketing is executed on different levels, depends on company’s size and interest
1 2 3 Customized Getting involved and addressing Cooperating with organizations ‘recruitment marketing’ efforts, relevant communities directly specialized in minority emphasizing internal adjustments recruitment
Launching campaigns Targeting specific communities Publishing on relevant job targeting minority populations Sponsoring community boards Publicizing internal diversity projects Establishing connections efforts Establishing projects with NGOs Targeting groups inside social networks
Confidential 22 1. Companies Implementing “Inclusion” Adjustments Invest in ‘Marketing’ Their Efforts to Minority Population
Notable examples:
Public campaigns General media coverage and publicity “Reinvent Dedicated recruitment marketing accounts Mindsets” and ads on social media YouTube campaign
Diversity Direct link to diversity section highlighted in the Emphasize of personal stories company’s career website Listing awards for diversity and inclusion
Publications Coverage in industry websites in diversity Ranked in diversity & inclusion indexes oriented platforms
Top companies make diversity an essential part of their employer brand
Source: Companies and organizations websites
Confidential 23 2. Leading Companies Invest in Establishing Direct Contact with Target Community
Many companies fund and participate Some of the largest also establish in external initiatives exclusive company programs
Mostly leadership and education programs Mostly scholarships and internship programs
Raise awareness to the company as an employer Create brand loyalty and career commitment
Provide opportunity for positive publicity Develop ‘job readiness’ among participants & recruitment marketing Most programs are for students… Create a talent pool of potential future employees … But some companies also provide direct Most programs are for high school or college corporate sponsorship for research students, some for advanced research and MBA
Sponsored by Young Black Internship for high Leadership Alliance school students
Sponsored by Science Mentoring Scholarships for & Diversity Program college students
Source: Companies and organizations websites
Confidential 24 3. Companies Contact Specialized Recruitment Organizations
Some cooperate with organizations …While others utilize platforms focusing on minorities employment… focusing on employment in general
Based on origin or other group features Job boards and websites
Companies can publish via dedicated Major Job boards push towards Job boards diversity
Allows sorting by group type Provide statistics and reviews to help diverse candidates and drive companies to improve
Based on profession Social networks
Organizations focusing on finding Minority communities have career specific jobs for minorities oriented groups inside social Education jobs networks Organizing career fares, employer connections, professional Connecting with those groups can publications provide access to diverse candidates
The organizations function as focused communication channels, sometimes providing content adjustment and other tools
Source: Organizations websites, Joonko, LinkedIn
Confidential 25 3. Organizations Specialized on Career Preparation Provide Top Firms with Quality Diverse Candidates
Universities career centers are the main career NGOs focused on promoting minorities preparation providers in the US education & careers offer various solutions
Provide resume, cover letter and other documents Education Sponsors for educational opportunities writing tips & workshops Supports and empowers promising youth from Interview preparation materials & mock interviews underserved communities Provides tutoring starting from schools, throughout Career planning and consulting college and assists with finding internships & jobs Job & internship sources Internship Some universities provide minority students with Provides excelling ethnically diverse students with customized information… quality internships in leading firms
…Such as professional associations, job boards and opportunities. Mentoring
Provides professional mentoring for diverse students in STEM and health fields
All organizations promoting minorities careers in the US focus on internships as a main work-life preparation
Source: Universities websites, NGOs websites, Charity Navigator
Confidential 26 Most Companies Reviewed Implement Similar Means for Inclusion & Awareness
Chief Diversity Officer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Goals and statistics reported annually ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ (Gender✓ only) Technology for neutral recruiting process ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Training recruiters against bias ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Training managers against bias ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Technology to prevent bias in treatment ✓ ✓ ✓ Employee resource groups ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mentoring programs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ (Small✓ scale) (Some✓ faculties) Recruitment marketing focused on diversity ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Recruitment marketing/ talent brand/Employer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ brand team (Part of HR responsibilities)
Source: companies websites & reports, DiversityInc., CEOaction, Harvard Business Review, ERE, Undercover Recruiter, Profile Magazine Confidential 27 At the “Diversity” Phase, Companies Leverage Changes to Approach, Acquire and Keep Suitable Candidates
Leverage Awareness Leverage Inclusion
Approach via customized Support candidates to secure Approach by customized means channels success
Landing pages Community platforms Publish interview preparation in candidate’s language and programs materials in the career website
Visual representations Specialized organizations Mentoring programs of diversity and affinity groups Relevant social media channels Neutral and familiar phrasing Unbiased treatment and promotions
Could be achieved via digital platforms Recruitment marketing platform, Automatically locates diverse Provides easy access Such as provides personalized career pages groups on Linkedin to materials and lifts barriers
Customized targeting and real commitment to inclusion establish the trust necessary to recruit diverse populations
Confidential 28 Successful Completion of all Phases Tends to Generate a Self-Sustaining Process
Internal adjustments are made to create inclusive Larger population of Adjustments minority employees recruitment process & working env. are ‘marketed’ allow company to minority pop. to ‘fine-tune’ in order to overcome internal changes Breakthrough has to start ‘from within’ ‘suspicion’ issues & externalize them
More candidates of minority population More candidates of are applying and minority population accepted into are willing to apply company to company New reputation is leveraged in customized & personal outreach efforts
Confidential 29 The ‘Self Sustaining’ Nature of Successful Process is Reflected in All Aspects of It
“We had a very problematic candidate. We just couldn’t understand Companies find it what is the problem with her. But at the moment we asked an Arab easier to adjust employee, he said ‘ah, that’s why she does that’ and explained to us to actual employees everything, so we could easily tell she wasn’t what we wanted” (rather than potential)
“The main factor for me to determine if that company is serious The existence when trying to recruit me is simple – do they have Arab employees? of minority employees If I could see them – if they came to my university, for example – eases recruitment- I won’t have any doubts” marketing
“By far, the most effective channel for us is ‘friend brings a friend’. The existence We know from our employees in which groups to advertise of minority employees and how to write ads – but nothing can compare generates direct to what they do with their own networks” ‘intimate’ channel
Presence of minority “There are certain companies that everybody know that they recruit employees creates Arabs. They don’t have to do any special efforts – everybody know that” positive reputation by itself
Confidential 30 How to ‘Translate’ those ‘Business Internal’ Principals & Behaviors Into the Operative Model of CI?
Confidential 31 Agenda
Process & Information Sources
Reframing the Challenge
Theoretical Basis: ‘Exposure’ & ‘Motivation’ Among Minorities
Operative Guidelines: The Need for Recruitment-Marketing
Practical Implications: What Model should CI Operate?
Confidential 32 Vis-à-vis the Required Changes, CI’s Efforts are Currently Focused on ‘Internal Changes’
Phase I: Inclusion Phase II: Awareness Phase III: Diversity
Customized Acquiring & Keeping Internal Adjustments Recruitment Marketing Diverse Talent
CI’s current Develop & manage models Develop and manage (successful) focus area and tools of ‘customized ‘head-hunting’ models and KAMs main ‘business’ – recruitment marketing’… tools… and should stay exclusively so …externalizing the changes ...capable of leveraging It is possible to ‘step-up’ internal done by the companies ‘recruitment marketing’ efforts… changes within companies by Develop & manage models …mainly in digital and physical utilizing tech. based tools and tools of ‘internal social networks involvement’ Utilize the associations in the Arab community capabilities and connections …utilize the associations to the possible maximum Automated, Neutral capabilities and connections bias-free CV recruitment to the possible maximum selection process ads and emails
CI’s Current Primary Effort CI’s Added Efforts, with Companies CI‘after’s Secondary the 1st Phase Effort’
Efforts aimed to provide companies’ already open positions with candidates
Confidential 33 The Answer: Continuity of CI’s Current ‘Center of Excellence’ Model – Build Capabilities Internally, in Order to Teach Them
In the transition phase, CI will internally develop the capabilities for Arab recruitment marketing & recruitment, in order to support companies directly, while at the same time teaching them how to build their own capabilities
Long-term ‘End Game’ – companies Transition Phase – are fully companies require independent immediate help to reach candidates, while building their capabilities
Current State What are the Required Capabilities in Recruitment Marketing & Recruitment? Confidential 34 Recruitment Model Capabilities Were Learned from Benchmark Companies ‘Comparable’ to CI’s Partners
CI’s Partners specific recruitments needs …Lead to studying required capabilities and characteristics… from certain companies
CI works with the largest companies in the Large companies with diverse & complicated Israeli economy… recruitment needs
…most of which have opened various positions for Arabs, in many different areas
The Israeli economy is in a state of ‘full employment’, meaning that in many cases there is a shortage of employees…
…especially in ‘high added value’ positions, Companies operating in a highly-competitive which are the core of CI’s focus recruitment environment
Confidential 35 Recruitment-Marketing Require Unique Capabilities, Usually under a Specialized Unit…
HR Executive
Head of Recruitment Head of Recruitment Marketing & Employer Branding
A full team may include one or more of the following:
Digital Content Employer Recruitment Social Media … Marketer Strategist Brand Marketing Manager Manager Specialist
While team size depends on the company’s scale and the level of competition for talent…
…most companies present or make use of the full-scale of capabilities
Smaller companies tend to rely on marketing departments for some capabilities…
…but in high-competition fields (e.g. tech), even smaller companies have dedicated teams
Source: Beamery, SmashFly, Brazen, Linkedin global recruiting trends report 2017
Confidential 36 …While Already-Existing ‘Recruitment’ Functions Require Customized Recruitment & Support Methods
HR Executive
Head of Recruitment Head of Recruitment Marketing & Employer Branding
Recruiting team should learn/develop:
…Customized …Customized …Excellent candidates support channels of approach means of approach system
Specialized ‘head-hunting’ capabilities Neutral and ‘marketing friendly’ Mentoring & affinity groups language, emphasizing intended Relevant social media channels Aggregation & alignment of all approach to Arab candidates candidates’ preparation efforts, Community platforms and programs Development of ‘visual language’ and de.t of required supplements Specialized organizations utilization supporting written one Direct connection, separate Development of relevant content from KAMs, to partners rec. templates departments
Confidential 37 In Order to Act as a ‘Center of Excellence, CI Should Build All Capabilities Internally, Alongside the Ability to Teach Them
CI’s new RM Team and Existing Recruitment Team …But its language, culture & tools should Should Have Relevant ‘Professional’ Capabilities focus on Teach & Transfer capabilities
Employer-brand management Strong training and guidance capabilities Recruitment marketing strategy A certain professional ‘distance’, Recruitment marketing content with emphasize on partners responsibility
Social media marketing Focus on new tools development, with Digital marketing preference to ‘out-source’ developed ones
Collaboration management High standards, focused on quality Programs management of processes rather than results Specialized head hunting … Social media recruitment Recruitment-content HR dev. Management …
Many of the ‘Teach & Transfer’ Capabilities Already Exist within CI
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