For Mahreen Rashid, executive VP of people services at Arlington, Virginia IT company Excella, building a diverse talent pipeline is something she thinks about and works on almost every day.
But in the private sector at large, many companies still struggle to target and retain diverse talent, which includes applicants that identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and living with disabilities. Rashid said that while many companies agree that it’s important to have diversity, they’re not understanding the true benefit — an aspect that’s crucial for building the pipeline. And they might not be looking at a pipeline’s whole picture.
“[Companies] may say ‘yes,’ but not really understand the benefits and the impact of having a diverse workforce and a diverse set of leadership, and you can’t really get to a diverse set of leadership without having a diverse workforce in the first place,” Rashid told Technical.ly. “So, if organizations don’t invest in creating that talent pipeline within their organization, they’re not going to have the leadership that they want eventually.”
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