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The path towards a truly diverse legal workforce starts with attracting a broad range of qualified candidates. But once you start the evaluation process, hire the most qualified person, regardless of any personal demographics. Article and video interview with Chris Chrisbens, Principal at Silberman Law, PC, and attorney with 30+ years of experience who specializes in Affirmative Action Planning, OFCCP Compliance, Pay Equity, Diversity & Inclusion. https://lnkd.in/d7UG-gJU

We've made significant strides in supporting job seekers and employers alike. Our Impact Report highlights our achievements in candidates, jobs, hires, free coaching, and SHRM certification. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/dnBj3m75 Let's continue to work together to make a positive impact in the job market.

In the past 3 years, our team worked extremely hard for Jobs for Humanity to become a bridge of hope for employers to hire from communities who have historically had a hard time getting decent paying jobs. We've summarized our work in our social impact report. It would mean a lot to us if you gave it a read: https://lnkd.in/dUfuTUbU Thank you for believing in us!

News flash 📸 Last week the Melbourne volunteers Sadam ahmed and Jo Ioannidis 🧬 had a coffee catch up ; it was a delightful sunny Autumn afternoon. 🍁🍂🍃 For those of you that don’t know Sadam’s story, it is shared here below : Sadam Ahmed was two and a half the last time he saw a tree, or looked at the sky. Then darkness. But he still aims for the moon. Born into a refugee camp in Somalia, Sadam was dealt a difficult hand from day one. His world was scarred by violence and persecution. Sadam fell ill. His mother carried him for days, but he slipped into a coma that lasted two years. When he awoke the doctors believed it was a miracle; Sadam however had been robbed of his sight. Given that hand dealt, many players would have folded. Not Sadam. “I had two choices – go into the darkness or fight it,” he says. It was a stark choice – but as his mother told him; “If you reach for the sky you may reach the moon.” Sadam is looking for a career home as a QA tester. He can also offer his advisory services through his consulting business, accessibility solutions. Do you have an opportunity you wish to discuss with Sadam? Let us know in the comments or share this post with someone hiring. Jobs for Humanity To listen to his interview from 2 years ago click below: https://lnkd.in/g5X6uMSQ

This week the team in Australia got to kick off the 2nd Roundtable for Adaptive Diversity. Adaptive diversity has been set up to drive conversations around all things candidates and diversity hiring. Our Melbourne Chapter was hosted by Michael Delaney (He/Him) 🚀 who guided the community along, supported by Jo Ioannidis 🧬 . We discussed things across : 🔷Name bias and what has been experienced in the past 🔷Skills based hiring and how it can support getting more overlooked candidates into the hiring mix. 🔷That in one particular business only 5% of women are in sales and the gender split across the whole org was more like 70:30; interesting facts? 🔷 How Australia IS a relationship driven country; building rapport, getting referred definitely helps to open those doors but what happens if you prefer to email as chatting gets you anxious? This is where Jobs for Humanity can help. In our view, people at the hiring ‘coal face’ have a huge role to play in helping to get a more diverse population into the shortlist of candidates going through a process. We look forward to continuing to have these conversations. If you are in either Sydney or Melbourne and want to join our meet up community feel free to click and join through the links below. Look out for the next sessions coming up in April. Last but not least : If you want to know how to be a welcoming employer to hire diverse talent, we can show you how through our trained diversity volunteers.