Industry GuidanceDiversity, Equity & InclusionDiversity, Equity & Inclusion RoadmapDEI: Attract and Promote Diverse Talent

Attract and Promote Diverse Talent

Practices that support access to a diverse pipeline of talent into an organization; and the hiring and advancement of diverse candidates within the organization.

Widen Applicant Pool Beyond Traditional Sources

Attract diverse talent by widening the pool of applicants to include non-traditional sources for open positions.

Go to AICPA Listing of HBCUs and HSIs
AICPA Listing of HBCUs and HSIs
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) provides a list of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) that have accounting programs.
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Management Leadership for Tomorrow
MLT prepares African American, Latinx, and Native American women and men to succeed in high-trajectory, post-college jobs that deliver economic mobility for themselves and their families.
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NAACP Job Finder
NAACPJobFinder is an online community that links job seekers with employers across many industries. As the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, the NAACP has worked successfully with members of all communities who believe in and stand for the principles on which this organization was founded.
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Seizing Every Opportunity (SEO)
For over 50 years, SEO has been an innovator in education, mentorship, positive peer pressure, high standards, and networks to turn untapped potential into newfound greatness.
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Toigo Foundation
Toigo's mission is to foster the career advancement and increased leadership of underrepresented talent by creating mechanisms for greater inclusion from the classroom to the boardroom.
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Your Startup Your Story (YSYS)
YSYS is a space for people with shared values interested in launching a startup, joining a team or building a diverse and inclusive culture.

Diversify Organizational Recruiting Efforts

Ensure that the internal and external teams charged with recruiting employees share the diversity ideals of the organization.

Go to AIPCA Diversity Recruiting Plan Template
AIPCA Diversity Recruiting Plan Template
This Recruiting Plan Template from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) offer suggestions to firms that are looking for a more diverse candidate pool and want to retain and develop talent that represent gender, racial/ethnic, generational/age and perspective differences.
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Allegis Group Diversity Recruiting Strategy
Kathy Clem, Director of Diversity Recruitment at Allegis Global Solutions, authors this paper on how to implement a diverse recruiting strategy.
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Egon Zehnder
Egon Zehnder's Diversity & Inclusion Practice helps clients consider what types of diverse talent would add to their cultures, maps diverse talent, creates bespoke strategic introduction programs, and builds diverse candidate slates.
Go to Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Recruiting for Diversity
Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Recruiting for Diversity
This guide offers insights into the importance of recruiting for diversity as well as best practices for implementing a D&I recruiting strategy.
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Toigo Robert Walters Recruitment Whitepaper
This research paper examines new tools and technology that can help businesses reach new sources of talent, explore strategies to develop a company culture that embraces diversity and address the hurdles faced when creating a collaborative, diverse workforce.

Remove Biases from the Hiring Process

Apply systems and training that removes bias and clarifies criteria for evaluating candidates to avoid reliance on shared traits or backgrounds and more closely matches candidates with the company or position that is correct for them.

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Pymetrics
Pymetrics is an AI talent management system that will help an organization increase recruiting efficiency and candidate diversity, improve employee retention, and future-proof their workforce.
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Seekout
SeekOut's Blind Hiring Mode ensures that organizations are removing unconscious bias when looking at candidates.
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Zimmerman Associates
Zimmerman Associates enables organizations to find and hire candidates that foster balanced teams. Recruitment processes are built to avoid bias by seeking individuals with high standards of integrity, demonstrated career progression and excellence in personal growth.

Establish Interview or Hiring Priorities

Establish organizational guidelines to interview or hire a percentage of diverse candidates.

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Parity.org
Parity advocates for women’s representation at the highest levels of business—in the C-Suite and on the Board of Directors. Organizations and individuals are invited to take the Parity Pledge which commits organizations to simply interview and consider at least one qualified woman for every open role, VP and higher, including the C-Suite and the Board.
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Visier: How HR Can Tackle Diversity Using the Rooney Rule
In August 2015, the need for more workforce diversity was spotlighted with a call to action to technology companies, encouraging them to hire more women and minorities by implementing the Rooney Rule. This post by Visier's Ian Cook explains the Rooney Rule and how organizations can consider applying it to hiring processes.

Educate Diverse Students About Careers in Private Equity

Educate diverse students about careers in the PE industry through visits, programs and partnerships with academic institutions.

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Blackstone
Blackstone leads a number of programs, which are described on the firm's Diversity webpage, that focus on educating Future Diverse Leaders and Future Women Leaders about careers in finance.
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Girls Who Invest
Girls Who Invest offers two fully-subsidized foundational programs in investment/asset management: an on-campus Summer Intensive Program (SIP) and an Online Intensive Program (OIP). The curriculum is designed for sophomores from any major studying at four-year colleges in the U.S.
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LSE SU Alternative Investments Conference
The LSE SU Alternative Investments Conference (AIC) is focused on educating students on the private equity industry. Students can participate in networking, workshops, and exclusive recruitment opportunities.
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MLT Private Equity Programming
DescriptionMLT is helping more talented and unquestionably qualified underrepresented minorities gain access to these high-trajectory careers. The new Private Equity Programming (PEP) provides participants with the coaching and connections needed to enter the investor track at the associate level.
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SEO Alternative Investments Fellowship Program
The Alternative Investments Fellowship Program (AIFP) has become an industry-wide education program. Through the AIFP, high-achieving, pre-MBA, young professionals, from traditionally underrepresented populations (Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian women) gain the education, training, and mentoring necessary to succeed in the alternative investments industry.
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Smart Woman Securities
Through educational seminars, mentoring initiatives and exposure to successful professionals and businesses, SWS provides the guidance and resources upon which undergraduate women can build greater knowledge of the financial industry.

Support Internship Programs for Diverse Candidates

Develop and promote internship programs specifically for women and minority candidates.

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Girls Who Invest Summer Intensive
GWI’s ten-week Summer Intensive Program combines academic instruction and real-world experience. It is intensive, immersive and an incredible opportunity to explore a career in finance and investment as part of a supportive community.
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US Department of Labor: How To Create Inclusive Internship Programs
Public and private employers of all sizes can reference this guide to learn about the benefits associated with facilitating inclusive internship programs as well as the components to consider when designing, implementing, and evaluating these programs.
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KKR & Harlem Capital Partnership
This Forbes article shares a case study on how Harlem Capital and KKR & Co. have partnered to refer Harlem Capital's interns and entrepreneurial applicants to KKR for the firm's internship and full-time hiring programs.
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Vista Equity Partners
The Vista Frontier Fellows program is designed to ensure opportunities for women, African Americans, and Latinx candidates who have traditionally been underrepresented in finance and private equity.

Establish and Support Diverse Mentorship Programs

Institute organizational mentoring programs which focus on pairing diverse role models at the senior level with emerging, up-and-coming professionals.

Go to American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Mentoring Guide
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Mentoring Guide
The purpose of the AICPA PCPS Mentoring guide is to 1) offer guidance and tools to firms interested in implementing a mentoring program and 2) offer guidance and tools to mentee and mentors to help them navigate the mentoring process.
Go to Canadian Women in Private Equity (CWPE) Mentorship Program
Canadian Women in Private Equity (CWPE) Mentorship Program
CWPE is committed to supporting the next generation of women leaders in the private capital industry and believe that mentorship can be an effective form of support, particularly at critical stages of career growth.
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Impact Investing in Frontier Markets (INFRONT) Mentorship
The INFRONT Global Fund Manager Mentorship Program supports the sector’s growth by pairing seasoned venture capital and private equity managers with high-potential fund managers in emerging markets.
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Level 20 Mentoring Programme
Running in the UK since 2015 and now expanded into the European markets, this programme is designed to enable women working in the industry to benefit from the lessons learned and insights of those with more experience.
Go to Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) Private Equity Programming
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) Private Equity Programming
The new Private Equity Programming (PEP) provides participants with the coaching and connections needed to enter the investor track at the associate level.
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Pipeline Angels
Pipeline Angels is changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for women and non-binary femme social entrepreneurs. The signature angel investing bootcamp for new investors includes three main components: education, mentoring, and practice.

Conduct Equal Pay Analysis

Conduct an organizational study to analyze the equality of compensation practices, with a commitment to address any inequities discovered.

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Affirmity
Affirmity conducts compensation and pay equity analysis for organizations, mitigating risk and fostering equity and trust with proactive reviews of pay practices across an organization's workforce.

Establish or Access Training Programs for Non-Traditional Hires

Create or affiliate with training programs to ensure success of new hires who may not come from traditional backgrounds.

Go to Siezing Every Opportunity (SEO) Fellowship
Siezing Every Opportunity (SEO) Fellowship
The AIFP is a one-year program that educates participants on various aspects of alternative investments and strengthens them to compete for positions in this highly competitive industry.