Hiring for a Diverse Workforce Certification

When it comes to your workplace, diversity is more than just a common buzzword. It could be the key to your company’s success. Recent studies conducted by numerous organisations have shown the huge benefit that a diverse workforce can have on a company. Everything from your bottom line to your reputation in the community to the working environment can change, when you invest your time and money in hiring a diverse range of staff members.

This course provides you with comprehensive information about hiring for a diverse workforce. It begins by providing you with the definition of diversity and giving you a few examples.

We then move on to discuss how to recruit, when diversity is your goal, including aspects of your existing hiring practices that you need to abandon.

Next, we move on to discuss the ways in which your company can retain its diverse workforce.

Finally, we cover the considerations that you need to think about, when creating a diversity policy, including its numerous benefits.

You will Learn:

  • The most common diversity types that you can expect to see in the workforce
  • How a diverse workforce can benefit your company
  • Information to include and to omit from your job postings in order to attract diverse candidates
  • The reasons why you need a diversity policy
  • Which individuals you should consult, before finalising any draft diversity policy, and why
  • What the ‘pipeline problem’ is, and how to overcome it with ease

Benefits of Taking this Course

  • Understanding what diversity means, especially in a corporate context
  • Learning what characteristics are protected under UK law
  • Knowing how diverse staff members can add to your organisation’s success
  • Learning how to examine your own attitude and correct any potential bias or address any pre-existing prejudices
  • Understanding the importance of accountability on the part of management, when it comes to a diversity strategy


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FAQ's

  • Who can take the Hiring for a Diverse Workforce Certification course?

    There are no entry requirements to take the course.

  • What is the structure of the course?

    The course is broken down into 0 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although students are free to spend as much or as little time as they feel necessary on each module.

  • Where / when can the course be studied?

    The course can be studied study at any time and from any internet connected device

  • Is there a test at the end of the course?

    Once you have completed all 0 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 0 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.

  • What is the pass mark for the final test?

    The pass mark for the test is 70%.

  • What happens if a user fails the test?

    If the user doesn’t pass the test first time they will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times a test can be taken.

  • How long does it take to complete the Hiring for a Diverse Workforce Certification course?

    We estimate that the course will take about 3 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.