A Crash Course in Rebooting Your Interviewing and Hiring Practices
Employee onboarding, training, and retention can cost up to 200% of annual salary, making it a business imperative to hire the candidates who are the best additions to your workforce and culture. It is one thing to source diverse talent, and it’s quite another to create an inclusive interviewing and hiring experience from start to finish. The biggest issue is that most professionals never learn how to interview, making the hiring decision a high-stakes gamble. Hiring diverse talent is simply too important to leave to chance! In this interactive session, you’ll learn the tactics and skills to prevent bias, understand candidates’ true behaviors, and assess their skills and experiences.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop solutions to remove blockers, obstacles, and prevent bias in the selection process
- Conduct behavioral interviews that uncover identified competencies and transferable skills
- Fine tune the interview process to prevent diverse talent from slipping through the cracks
Gregory Tall
Gregory Tall is a high-energy trainer and facilitator with over fifteen years of experience helping high-growth organizations in all areas of human resources who also answers to the nickname “The Artist Formerly Known as HR.” He began his career at a scrappy tech start-up where he boosted the hiring of underrepresented professionals. In roles following, Gregory built an inclusive onboarding program, provided regular development coaching to leaders, mediated employee relations cases, implemented recruitment practices to increase hiring of women and people of color and executed a comprehensive DEI strategy addressing institutional equity.
Gregory is widely known for his enthusiasm and his ability to help participants navigate difficult conversations with confidence and candor. He consults and develops content for organizations including FOX Sports, American Dental Association, Soho House, Wilson Sporting Goods, and has a niche for facilitating DEI curriculum and conversations specific to the advertising industry. Gregory holds an M.B.A. from Roosevelt University, a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has earned the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification. When not developing or delivering training, Gregory is working hard to build his vinyl record collection and fuel his chocolate chip cookie addiction – he insists on having at least one cookie every single day.