This post is solely for the purpose of an activity I am running on 9th March for ARLTSIG. Ice-breaker prompts: Is your team/dept recruiting at the moment? Or did you recruit recently? How many vacancies are/were available? Or do you plan to recruit in the near future? https://teeroumaneenadan.com/2021/12/22/equity-analysis-of-job-blurbs-talkinghe-podcast/ Watch out for the language you use… Continue reading Taking an action-oriented approach to recruitment – Steps 1 & 2 ONLY – My ARLT SIG presentation 9th March 2022
Tag: Recruitment
Ouch! Another year on, and your board room is still with 1 black woman, still better, she ticks other boxes too
Today is the day when organisations will publish statements of how great they have been working towards women empowerment, and some will even throw in the UN SDG5 for a top-notch touch. The day, when the world acknowledges the 49.6% of humans alive! A few days back EM2030 made it clear that the 2030 gender… Continue reading Ouch! Another year on, and your board room is still with 1 black woman, still better, she ticks other boxes too
A positive step towards reducing discrimination in recruitment – A case study of UAL
Are you an active antiracist looking to make a difference in the recruitment process in your team and department? This blog features: An interview with Matt Lingard, highlighting the small steps he undertook to positively tackle racism in the recruitment processConsiderations if you wish to implement such an approachHow to further effectively eliminate discrimination in… Continue reading A positive step towards reducing discrimination in recruitment – A case study of UAL
Improvising it – My ARLT SIG activity for 10th Feb 2022
The best growth opportunity for any facilitator is to improvise. So, when event Chair suddenly dropped from the call, I had to improvise as I was not kept in the loop of what was planned. Fortunately, I eat challenges for breakfast. This post summarises the activity I ran on 10th Feb for ARLT SIG, which… Continue reading Improvising it – My ARLT SIG activity for 10th Feb 2022
Equity analysis of 6 job blurbs – a podcast for TalkingHE
Your job advert shouts DISCRIMINATION This podcast was recorded on 22nd Dec 2021, at the time of the recording, all the job adverts discussed in this podcast were live, with closing dates set in the future. All job adverts were picked from jobs.ac.uk. Podcast available at: https://anchor.fm/talkinghe/episodes/TalkingHE---Episode-14---Dr-Teeroumanee-Nadan---Discrimination-in-Recruitment-e1clspi/a-a773mv3 Post edit: Not all examples were covered in… Continue reading Equity analysis of 6 job blurbs – a podcast for TalkingHE
Stripping the recruitment exercises from my ALT Winter 2021 presentation
During my recent ALT Winter 2021 presentation on "We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity”: an intersectional text analysis of job postings in learning technology", I had created a Padlet space for some interactive exercises and reflections around the understanding of the recruitment and development and anti-racism. While preparing the slides, I have… Continue reading Stripping the recruitment exercises from my ALT Winter 2021 presentation
Preparing for ALT 2021 Winter conference – showcasing discrimination in job adverts or not
Presentation entitled "We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity”: an intersectional text analysis of job postings in learning technology" The presentation is planned to be delivered in two parts: (1) the importance of intersectionality to be presented by Dr Monica Chavez and (2) the recruitment part for me. From the conference abstract submitted,… Continue reading Preparing for ALT 2021 Winter conference – showcasing discrimination in job adverts or not

