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Unilever is Getting it Right + Black talent + People of Color as Mask: 90 Seconds with Catapult Leaders - Season 4 /Epi. 34

May 15, 2021 • Darryl L. Mobley, Host / 90 Seconds with Catapult Leaders • Season 4 • Episode 34

Hurdle: Recruiting "People of Color" is a mask that leads to corporations not hiring, developing, or promoting Black talent.

If you doubt me, check out the Black hiring & retention statistics over the past 5 years for those companies that trumpet their People of Color numbers without revealing their Black hiring & retention numbers.

Unilever has the correct approach.

Welcome to 90 Seconds with Catapult Leaders. (https://bit.ly/cleaders)

Why “90 Seconds”? Because it doesn’t take long to get it right.

Catapult Leaders is America's leading executive search firm that matches Black Mid-to-Senior level managers, Early Career talent, and College Interns with Engineering, Supply Chain, Computer & Data Science, and Marketing roles - at top companies that value a diverse pipeline, equity, and inclusion.

Contact us at CatapultLeaders.com if you want Catapult Leaders to help you get a great job, or you want Catapult Leaders to find outstanding Black talent for your organization’s jobs and internships.

Welcome to 90 Seconds with Catapult Leaders.

This is Darryl Mobley.

Catapult Leaders finds, prepares and matches outstanding Black college students, recent grads, and experienced managers with the precise job and internship talent needs of top companies that value a diverse entry-level pipeline, equity, and inclusion.

Why “90 Seconds”? Because it doesn’t take long to get it right.

This is the 9th episode on hurdles some face – that others don’t.

In 2020 Unilever celebrated that they had achieved their target of a 50/50 gender balance in managers by making changes to break down any barriers to the recruitment, retention and development of women.

Those changes included:

1. Improving gender representation is written into the annual business goals for the company’s leadership.

2. Setting stretch targets for every function within Unilever. Leadership checks progress against these targets every month.

3. Measuring the recruitment track records of senior leaders - - how many men they hired compared to women, and confronted them.

4. Unilever started working with recruitment specialists to build proactive talent pipelines.

I applaud Unilever for their results.

My challenge to companies is to apply this focus to hiring Black managers.

I said “Black” managers, not “People of Color.”

Too often, “People of Color” is a mask that leads to corporations not hiring, developing, or promoting Black talent.

If you doubt me, check out the Black hiring & retention statistics over the past 5 years for those companies that trumpet their People of Color numbers without revealing their Black hiring & retention numbers.

That’s not meritocracy.

That’s a system that needs to be fixed.

Don’t want your sympathy. Understanding is a start.

That’s it. 90 Seconds comes at you fast!

Contact us at CatapultLeaders.com if you have questions, or you want Catapult Leaders to find outstanding Black talent for your organization’s jobs and internships.