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Thenewsc omesas78% ofal l r es pondent sadmi tt heyar e c ur r ent l yf i ndi ngi tdi f f i c ul tt oac c es st hequal i t yandv ol umeof t al entt hei rbus i nes s esneedt ot hr i v e,wi t h16% ofhi r i ng manager sv i ewi ngt appi ngi nt ounder ut i l i s edt al entpool sas t hei r‘ gr eat es toppor t uni t y ’ f r om at al entmanagementper s pec t i v e.
Whenqui z z edonwhi c hdemogr aphi c st heyar epr i or i t i s i ng, 18% ofr es pondent ss ai dt heyar ef oc us i ngonemer gi ng t al entt oboos tf ut ur epi pel i neswhi l e17% s ai dt heyar edi r ec t i ngr es our c esi nt oengagi ngf emal et al ent .Af ur t her13% ofhi r i ngmanager si ndi c at edt hatt heyar et ak i ngs t epst ot ap i nt odi s abl edt al entpool swhi l ebot hBAMEi ndi v i dual sand t hos er et ur ni ngf r om ac ar eerbr eakwer et opt ar get sf or12% oft hos es ur v ey ed.
Comment i ngont hef i ndi ngs ,Si monBl oc k l ey ,Managi ngDi r ec t or ,EMEA,atGui dantGl obal ,s ai d:“ Wi t hal mos tf ouri n f i v ehi r i ngmanager si ndi c at i ngt hatt heys t r uggl et os our c e t hes k i l l st heyneedt ot hr i v e,i ti suns ur pr i s i ngt hator gani s at i onsar ei nc r eas i ngl yex pl or i ngwi deranddeepert al ent pool s .Howev er ,i nor dert oef f ec t i v el yengages pec i f i cdemogr aphi c s ,or gani s at i onsmus ti mpl ementc ommuni c at i ons s t r at egi eswhi c hr es onat ewi t ht hei ri nt endedaudi enc es .The empl oy er st hatwewor kwi t har eenj oy i ngs uc c es si nt hi s ar eat hr oughr ev al uat i ngnotonl yt hemes s agest hatt heyar e s har i ng,butal s ot hemedi umst hr oughwhi c ht heyar ec ommuni c at ed.I ti snowuni v er s al l yr ec ogni s edt hatdi v er s i t yof t houghtbr eedsi nnov at i on,andbyt ai l or i ngempl oy erof c hoi c emes s agest os pec i f i cgr oups ,f or war dt hi nk i ngor gani s at i onsar eunl oc k i ngt hepot ent i al ofdi v er s et al ent . ”
Ot hergr oupswhi c hhi r i ngmanager sar eac t i v el ys eek i ngt o engagei nc l ude:i ndi v i dual swi t hac r i mi nal r ec or d;t hos e f r om l owers oc i oec onomi cgr oups ;LGBTt al ent ;andol der wor k er s ,whi c hwer et ar get edby8%,7%,6% and4% ofempl oy er sr es pec t i v el y .