Recruiting Diverse Talent at Federal Realty Investment Trust
Challenge
Recruiting diverse talent to fill our open positions.
Actions
We've taken a closer look at our recruitment process and have made changes to include the following:
- Partnering with diversity focused job boards to advertise our open positions
- Post positions with local HBCs
- Removing race, ethnicity, and/or gender identifiers from resumes in the initial screening steps of the recruiting process
- Moving some of our assessment to the early part of the screening process for increased objectivity
- Working with staffing agencies that value and have a strong network of diverse candidates
Outcomes
We will share the results in the upcoming year.
Contact
Dawn Becker, Executive Vice President - General Counsel
Laura Houser, Director, Human Resources
Quote
Diversity is and always has been important at Federal. The diversity of thought and perspective that comes from different life experiences is what fuels the innovation that is a core value of the company. We have a track record that goes back more than 20 years of having a diverse Board and senior management team which today includes 5 women and one African American. We acknowledge more can be done. And Federal is committed to being more purposeful by continuing to improve on that diversity throughout all levels of our company.