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Groups seeking to diversify staff must rethink hiring process

Associations need to examine where they are looking for new employees and take steps to weed out bias in candidate interviews McMiller, left, and Velásquez Many associations may assert they are equal opportunity employers in their listings for job openings, but that doesn't mean they practice what they preach. "I don't want to generalize to all nonprofits because that would be a stereotype and we're in the business of fighting stereotypes, but what I often find in the association/not-for-profit trade group world is they are homogenous and hire people like themselves," said Mauricio Velásquez, CEO of the Diversity Training Group, a consulting firm based in Herndon, Va. The… Read More