I wrote on this topic in my monthly column at Workforce. You'll probably be surprised at my take... Mikey likes it, but not because it's the right thing to do. Here's a taste of what's over at Workforce:
"I’ve learned that for every 10 interviews you make a hiring manager perform against their will, they are going to get two or three pleasant surprises. They had no clue about the experience Lisa from marketing had in their new target sector. Lisa’s résumé doesn’t capture it either, but because you forced the interview, the resulting dialog made both parties aware they had a much better match than previously thought.
The same logic applies to minority candidate interviews that managers don't want to do. See the entire article at Workforce here.
This is like a company providing analysts with a 'positive surprise.' Nice because it forces us out of our concepts.
Posted by: Marsha Keeffer | March 07, 2010 at 07:13 PM