The next C4DISC Community of Practice call will be on February 8, 2024 at 11 am Eastern / 4 pm UK. The topic will be Recruitment and Retention.
The theme encompasses the process of seeking out, interviewing, hiring and onboarding employees, partners and vendors. In the publishing industry this includes authors, reviewers and editors. Factors affecting DEIA can include how you choose to advertise or identify candidates; the language, platforms and methodologies used throughout; how feedback is incorporated; and how employees are prepared to support new colleagues.
Questions for discussion
- Do you have examples of best practice for inclusive recruitment and retention?
- Do you have examples where there was room for improvement?
- How do you feel our workplaces and communities can support us in inclusive recruitment and retention?
- Is there anything you would do differently when recruiting and retaining volunteers?
- How do you feel mentor and buddy schemes impact inclusive recruitment and retention?
- How can we ensure people from low-income backgrounds are able to access careers in publishing?
Participants will have breakout room discussions around any aspect of this topic they wish to bring and we will come together for the last part of the call to hear key takeaways.
If you are a COP member you will receive the Zoom link ahead of the call. If you have not yet joined the COP then – learn more here on how to join the community. We have bimonthly calls looking at topics suggested by community members and a discussion group for asynchronous communication.
Last month’s Community call had the topic Psychological Safety. You can find previous DEIA Community of Practice Call Summaries here.