Unconscious Bias for Hiring Managers (VCH Leaders)

This course is a part of VCH Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) training intended to help increase our awareness of inclusion literacy, understanding unconscious bias and cross-cultural competency.

This workshop is geared toward individuals involved in the hiring process. This is a foundational workshop that explores how different types of unconscious biases are formed and how they affect staffing decisions.

Recommended Pre-requisites for this workshop:

• Foundations of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

To learn more about recruitment and selection best practices for excluded (non-unionized) staff, sign up for:

• Recruitment Best Practices for Excluded Staff (non-unionized): Explore insights, best practices and concrete solutions for recruiting diverse candidates and building a more inclusive and representative workforce
• Selection Best Practices for Excluded Staff (non-unionized): Explore considerations and establish clear processes to ensure an equitable interview and selection experience

Workshops in this EDI training (We recommend that the workshops are attending the following orders):

• Foundations of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
• Taking Action towards Anti-Racism
• Understanding and Disrupting Bias
• Importance of a Trauma Informed Lens
• How to be an Ally
• Unconscious Bias for Hiring Managers

All participants must complete Foundations of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion before attending any of the other workshops.

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If the session dates don’t work for you and you are interested in attending future workshops, please add your name to our waitlist here and we will reach out to you when new sessions are available.


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