CAREER + COMMUNITY: COLLABORATIONS
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION ROUND TABLE with the Employer Advisory Council
In January 2021, our Employer Relations and Recruiting team kicked off the year with a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Roundtable in partnership with our Employer Advisory Council. Council members and recruiting partners from Google, Amazon, Fidelity and Wayfair met with students to discuss their organization’s efforts to promote, support, and move towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. The session also featured an opportunity to join smaller breakout sessions to dive deeper into select topics with each company. Special thanks to our partners for this event:
CAREER + IDENTITY SERIES In the spring, the CDO organized the first Career + Identity series. Students participated in this four-part workshop series to share how identity impacts career exploration and the job search, and to discuss important topics including: • • •
How to evaluate a company’s DEI commitment How to spot racial gaslighting How to identify allies in the recruiting process and supportive organizations
HACKATHON FOR INCLUSION: IDENTIFYING INCLUSIVE EMPLOYERS WITH SHARED VALUES Sponsor: MIT Sloan Career Development Office The CDO manages relationships with hundreds of companies that want to improve diversity in their organizations. Students similarly identify DE&I as an important factor to consider when evaluating their potential employers. However, it can be difficult to identify which companies are truly committed. In 2021, we sponsored a hackathon project to ideate on ways to identify inclusive employers through data, and how to assist students in finding employers that share their values.
12 | 2021 Year in Review
