Diversity & inclusion consultants help companies build diverse and inclusive organizations. These experts help businesses, executives, and HR personnel develop inclusive companies, teams, and leaders. Consultants research their client’s organization and industry, identify issues, and create an actionable plan for change. Diversity & inclusion consultants help companies and HR departments remove unconscious bias during the recruiting and interviewing process to improve sourcing of qualified and diverse applicant pools for current and future openings. Consulting services might also provide candidate sourcing and placement, leadership coaching, diversity recruiting strategy and training, unconscious bias training, or diversity and inclusion strategy consulting, to name a few.
To qualify for inclusion in the Diversity & Inclusion Consulting category, a services provider must:
- Help businesses improve their diversity and inclusion program
- Eliminate unconscious bias from the candidate funnel
- Identify candidates from underrepresented groups