Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Executive Search Services
DEI Begins with All of Us
At Scion Executive Search, promoting, modeling, and implementing diverse, equitable, and inclusive policies, hiring practices, and services is an uncompromising value. We believe in the importance of removing implicit bias and equally considering all qualified candidates no matter the color of their skin, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are each essential components for success, and working together, these three elements are the backbone of modern, successful, and scaling organizations. With our DEI executive search firm services, we confidently provide the resources you need to make an equitable match. While many corporate teams have made diversity a top hiring priority, so much more can and should be done to strengthen organizations at the leadership and executive levels.
Scion Executive Search DEI Committee
Joshua Steele – Chair
I am proud to say that the growth and impact of the Scion Staffing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee is having a multiplier effect on the interest and passion that our team brings to our work and clients. With DEI, there is an inherent, wide spectrum of where peoples’ interest and passion is.
Candice Zemina
Embracing diversity, equity, inclusion, representation, and an overall sense of belonging can significantly change perceptions of the world around you. Letting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging be a foundational part of how you approach others in your personal and professional life creates an environment that people want to be a part of.
Sarah Kurhajetz
There are many benefits of incorporating DEI strategies into the workplace, but for me, the most important is creating a sense of belonging for employees. For employees to do their best work and to expand their professional capacity, it’s critical that they feel a sense of belonging with their colleagues. With a sense of belonging comes a feeling of trust and safety. When trust and safety are present, employees feel comfortable asking for help, taking risks, making mistakes (and learning from them), as well as providing support to their co-workers.
Building Leadership Teams through Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
At Scion, we understand the importance of empowering our clients’ goals to build, maintain, and cultivate exceptional leadership teams through diversity, inclusion, and equity. in today’s competitive landscape, harnessing the power of DEI-focused recruiting is more than just a strategic opportunity. The intentional decision to proactively cultivate leadership through diverse, equitable, and inclusive business practices is paramount to organizational success.
The case for diversity positively impacting enterprise success is undeniable. As our world continues to become more complex, competition continues to increase for employers in the race to secure the best executive talent on the market. At Scion, we are committed to cultivating meaningful business relationships and leading effective searches. We proudly connect our client partners with incredible candidates who are qualified and proven professionals, representing a wide range of perspectives and diverse points of view. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are more than buzzwords to our firm- each of these three components is infused within the foundation of our search methodology and all three are woven together as a key driver in measuring the impact we make within the industries of the partner-clients we serve.
Our Internal Journey and Ongoing Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Since its inception in 2006, Scion Executive Search has remained firm in its commitment to building and employing a diverse team of professional recruiting experts. Today as a firm, 50% of our internal team self-identifies as being an individual from a diverse group. As an employer, we remain steadfast in our commitment to facilitate continued growth with an emphasis on DEI. We continue to enhance our own company by striving every day to become a more welcoming and inclusive place to work. As proven executive search leaders, we are proud of the work and shared knowledge of our own internal diversity, equity, and inclusion committee and we harness the knowledge shared by our DEI committee to support the ongoing development of our search methodologies as well as enhance our collective understanding of best practices specific to diverse and equitable recruiting. In doing so, our knowledge is evolutionary, always improving, and a tremendous benefit to our client partners. While we are not able to provide legal advice, our search leaders proactively answer questions and provide guidance that supports the pursuit and achievement of your unique equitable, diverse, and inclusive recruiting goals. Additionally, as our client, you will benefit from the significant internal resources we leverage on your behalf to facilitate the buildout of incredibly diverse talent pipelines.
Executive Search Diversity and How We Build Candidate Groups
In every search led by Scion Executive Search, cultivating diverse and equity-focused candidate pools is a key priority that is upheld throughout the entirety of the recruitment process. Every executive candidate is carefully and thoughtfully considered by their professional qualifications, and we diligently work to determine which individuals possess the skills and experience required to meet and exceed the strategic objectives for your open role as well as your organization. We work proactively to ensure that our comprehensive executive search process, interview methods, and hiring strategies remain inclusive, equitable, and beneficial for all.
How We Define Diversity Recruiting and Ensure Fairness Through Process
Our role in diversity-focused recruitment is intentional, it is proactive, and it is consistent. As your partner, we strategically engage our network to cultivate incredible slates of candidates from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, regardless of personal traits or characteristics. In addition to engaging candidates from a variety of industries and backgrounds, our conscious approach to executive recruiting ensures your open role will reach individuals that have been disproportionately impacted by institutionalized oppression and/or those who self-identify as members of a diverse group (including race, gender identity (inclusive of transgender identity as well as transitioning) and gender expression, sexual orientation, veteran status or military service, disability, age, and generation). While we remain committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion remain at the forefront in the exclusive candidate pools we create; each and every candidate within the slate we present for your consideration is selected based upon their unique executive leadership skills and qualifications. At no point in our recruiting process are candidates judged by their traits.
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Our team looks forward to the opportunity to provide you with examples of our proven approach to diversity executive search as well as details about how our team of recruiting experts stands ready to strengthen your organization through our strategic executive search services and diversity-focused recruiting.
