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By Vinda Souza, Vice President, Global Communications, Bullhorn Despite progress made in increasing workplace diversity, including particularly impressive work by recruiters on an individual level, there is still progress to be made organisationally. For this important work, we need a coordinated approach from all stakeholders, including recruiters. Fortunately, data shows that recruiters are willing to take on the challenge to improve their systems so they can bring in the most talented people, regardless of their demographics. Recruiters’ achievements so far have been heartening, but it is important to understand the scale of the problems that workplace diversity efforts seek to combat. We gathered data on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts and demographics from 2,000 recruiters as part Bullhorn’s 2021 Global Recruitment Insights and Data (GRID), and here are some of our findings. Diversity within recruitment boardrooms The research found that among responding firms, women make up 65% of employees and 35% of C-suite leadership. Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) professionals make up 27% of the workforce and 14% of leadership. More specifically, BIPOC women make up 16% of the workforce and 4% of leadership. Some may argue that there is lower turnover in C-suites and that more
