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<\/div>\nLinkedIn’s hiring platform, LinkedIn Recruiter, has announced that it will introduce new, innovative features<\/a> to make it easier for recruiters to effect change, attract talent, and build a more diverse talent pipeline to improve their diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts.<\/p>\n Jennifer Shappley, vice president global talent acquisition at LinkedIn, said that these new features are designed to help recruiters maximize their talent pools, identify more diverse talent and hire more confidently.<\/p>\n “We know recruiters are often under pressure to fill roles quickly, but moving too fast can lead to candidate pools not being as diverse as possible,” Shappley said. “We are baking DE&I into the fabric of our product with these new features to help recruiters address their blind spots during the talent acquisition process.”<\/p>\n Giving Diversity a ‘Nudge’<\/p>\n One of the new features, Diversity Nudges, will alert hiring professionals when there is an imbalance in gender diversity in their candidate search and recommend ways to expand the candidate search to address the issue.<\/p>\n For example, if an organization is recruiting for an electrical engineer, Diversity Nudges might suggest adding skills such as data analysis and analytical skills to increase the number of women electrical engineers in their candidate search.<\/p>\n “Diversity Nudges provides visibility into and offers suggestions on how to improve and balance gender representation in talent pools within LinkedIn Recruiter,” said Hari Srinivasan, vice president of product management for LinkedIn Talent Solutions.<\/p>\n Gender representation continues to be an issue in executive positions nationwide. Just 9 percent of HR professionals describe their organization’s leaders as predominantly women, whereas 50 percent describe their organization’s senior leaders as predominantly men, according to a 2022 study<\/a> by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).<\/p>\n “Representation matters,” Shappley added. “By making small adjustments as a recruiting organization, you can make a big difference in creating a workforce that reflects the world we live in.”<\/p>\n Another addition is “Our Featured Commitments<\/a>,” enabling companies to highlight their initiatives in areas including DE&I, career growth and learning, work\/life balance, social impact, and environmental sustainability through reports, certifications, articles, videos and other content, Srinivasan said.<\/p>\n New Learning Paths<\/p>\n LinkedIn Learning has invested significantly in DE&I learning content over the past several years and now offers over 475 DE&I-related courses across seven languages. The company has released several new DE&I learning paths aligned to the most common organizational objectives.<\/p>\n The learning paths include:<\/p>\n “New LinkedIn Learning Paths [will] drive learners to actively engage in their DE&I learning journeys,” Srinivasan said.<\/p>\n Three Tips to Achieve DE&I Goals<\/p>\n LinkedIn’s new features come at a time when companies are having difficulties meeting their DE&I objectives.<\/p>\n\n