This e-learning course explores the critical topics of workplace diversity and bias awareness, with a focus on their impact on hiring practices. You'll learn strategies to mitigate bias in the hiring process and ensure a more inclusive and equitable approach to talent acquisition.

This course is part of the Hiring Process series. The other two courses - Recruitment and Interviewing Preparation and Interview Skills for Panelists – can be found in the LMS.

Performance Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Identify benefits that diversity brings to an organization.
• Explain how diversity benefits organizations.
• Recognize internal and external biases that can affect decision-making.
• Identify and analyze common biases that often influence hiring decisions.
• Mitigate bias in the hiring process.

Instructions to Access the eLearning: Register for this eLearning by selecting this link or searching for WA STATE RECOGNIZING & MITIGATING BIAS IN HIRING in the Washington State Learning Center.

Contact the DES training team with questions at Traininginfo@des.wa.gov.