Sourcing nudges

When activated, Greenhouse Recruiting's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) feature set includes sourcing nudges, or in-app reminders, designed to prompt your internal team to maintain diverse and inclusive sourcing practices.

Nudges are timely reminders that help change behaviors by prompting employees to remember to engage in efforts that disrupt unconscious bias and promote inclusion. These non-intrusive nudges prompt employees to consider diversity in real time when writing job posts and making referrals. These sourcing nudges can assist your organization in keeping the top of your hiring funnel diverse and inclusive. For more information on bias-reducing behavior, click here.

Working with our partners at Paradigm and our academic advisory board, Greenhouse Recruiting has provided the copy for the behavioral nudges detailed in this article.

Add an inclusion nudge when editing a job post description

To add an inclusion nudge when editing job post descriptions, click the Configure icon and select Inclusion Tools.

Then check the box that says Add inclusion nudge when editing job post description.

If the feature is toggled ON, an inclusion nudge will appear when a user creates or edits a job post to remind them to keep inclusivity top-of-mind.

Inclusive job descriptions motivate candidates from all backgrounds to apply, broadening your talent pool and making it more diverse. The inclusion nudge will remind the job post creator/editor to:

• List only the qualifications that are necessary for the role
• Avoid stereotypically masculine language
• Communicate a growth mindset by using language that emphasizes learning and growth over innate abilities
• Include benefits that appeal to a wide range of demographic groups

Add an inclusion nudge when adding a referral

To add an inclusion nudge when editing job post descriptions, click the Configure icon and select Inclusion Tools.

Then check the box that says Add inclusion nudge when adding a referral.

If the feature is toggled ON, an inclusion nudge will appear when a user is adding a new referral to the system.

The referral inclusion nudge will remind users to keep in mind how referring people from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences can help your organization grow.

Add an inclusion nudge when configuring auto-reject or auto-advance application rules

If the feature is toggled ON, an inclusion nudge will appear when a user views existing application rules or creates a new application rule.

The application rules nudge reminds users to configure automated processes thoughtfully and encourages them to configure Application Rules based on need-to-have qualifications that are directly relevant to the role.