Michelle DePass is talking about the importance of critically examining the way environmental organizations do hiring. #GreenDiversity
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I've been using the wrong hashtag. It's
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How come the leadership (and staff) of environmental organizations doesn't look like the demography of the US? Ahem.
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It's really easily at the start of a hiring process to say they want diversity. But they don't stick to it.
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Plus, people have biases. They discriminate against certain candidates. No surprise there, right?
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They always think they're gonna get the superstar who's also diverse. It's a unicorn that doesn't necessarily exist.
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They're talking about women or people of color as diversity these orgs need. Hmm. The realm doesn't lack white women tho.
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So... the environmental realm is like any other realm: white women benefitted from the most from the civil rights movement.
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Anyway. This report is about diversity on executive searches for environmental orgs. Interesting findings.
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Most environmental orgs KNOW they have a diversity problem. Hasn't changed their hiring practices, tho.
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NGOs and foundations think there aren't enough qualified candidates of color. Yup. I'm familiar with that myth.
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Search firms think there aren't enough interested candidates of color. Wow. So hiring folks don't even share the same myths.
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Oh wow so search consultants don't want to send candidates to hiring managers they know are biased. omg
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