By Godson Umejiego, Senior Correspondent, USA
On September 13, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programmes (OFCCP) and US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will host, as part of the Hiring Initiative to Reimagine Equity (HIRE), the virtual roundtable Decoded: Can Technology Advance Equitable Recruiting and Hiring?, to explore potential barriers automated technologies present to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. The speakers will also identify promising practices for using these systems to recruit and hire diverse workers in an equitable, inclusive, and accessible manner.
HIRE is a multi-year joint initiative that will engage a broad array of stakeholders to expand access to good jobs for workers from underrepresented communities and help address key hiring and recruiting challenges.
Speakers lined up for the roundtable include:
• Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programmes, US Department of Labour, Jenny R. Yang
• Chair, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Charlotte A. Burrows
• Director of Policy and Research, Coworker.org, Wilneida Negrón
• President and Chief Executive Officer, Better Business Bureau National Programe, Eric D. Reicin
• Principal, Gupta Wessler PLLC, Peter Romer-Freidman
• Director, ACLU’s Racial Justice Programme, ReNika Moore
“Registration is required and there is no cost. Video/Dial-in information will be sent separately upon registration. Livestream overflow will be on the EEOC’s YouTube page” say the organisers.
