The pandemic has ravaged employment rolls around the globe—but what happens when the pandemic ends and hiring ramps up? Businesses that fail to provide a quality employee experience will face a bidding war for talent, as top candidates take advantage of an economy on the upswing, and flexible work models that allow them to work where they choose.
That became abundantly in the recently published Citrix Talent Accelerator report, a piece of opinion research drawing from 2,000 knowledge workers and 500 HR Directors in large, established corporations and mid-market businesses, based in the US.
Over three-quarters of employees (78 percent) and 72 percent of HR Directors believe that location bias will be eliminated post-pandemic, as talent acquisition is no longer restricted by geographical boundaries. And 86 percent of employees believe that a diverse workforce—whether geographically, ethnically, or neurologically—will become even more important as roles, skills, and company requirements change in the future.
As organizations create and refine D&I (diversity and inclusion) initiatives that prize measurable hiring and retention results, they have an opportunity to build stronger, more diverse teams as they enter this new phase of recovery. But it won’t always be easy. To draw top talent, they will need to make their tech work harder and prioritize the employee experience in meaningful, measurable ways.
Use these core actions to capitalize on the diversity demand: