Three key contextual/environmental issues to consider are the firm, the vacant job, and the labor market(s) where recruits are obtained (Cascio & Aguinis, 2011). Features of the firm include the overall perception of the company (i.e. brand) and strategies, such as targeting or messaging, along with the culture or personality of the organization. A key feature of the actual vacancy is whether it is critical to the operations and mission of the organization. For example, if a position had a high level of technical expertise that was considered core to the mission of an organization, it may require a more diverse geographical recruitment strategy to find qualified applicants. The labor market basically takes into account the number of qualified candidates compared with the demand for a particular job. A higher number of …show more content…
As mentioned, Internet-based recruiting should provide greater reach, and therefore greater diversity potential, and therefore may be a viable option (if care is taken to avoid ethical and legal issues). Additional steps may include developing a program to outline actions to increase diversity and details on how these will be accomplished; get the full support high-level executives and managers, as well as full organizational support; have a monitoring process to gauge how well the program is working and make changes as necessary; and clearly outline the message an organization conveys regarding diversity (Cascio & Aguinis, 2011). Finally, organizations seeking to increase diversity in their recruitment should consider having training and career-development programs available, be aware of the diversity present (or lacking) in their upper management, and whether there is fair representation of diversity in the current workforce (Cascio & Aguinis,