Navigating international bias reveals systemic challenges for foreigners from different backgrounds. Despite increasing diversity efforts, foreigners face persistent hurdles accessing jobs and integrating into their adopted home.
Listen to the voice in this 3 minute description. What picture does your mind create for this person?
Patterns of Experience: How The Bias Shows Up
Patterns of Experience refer to the recurring challenges or advantages that individuals
from different groups encounter throughout their personal and professional lives.
As a foreign student in Scandinavia, she encountered biases rooted in stereotypes and ignorance. She recognized there is lack of understanding and respect for different heritages. Such experiences can leave one feeling marginalized and invalidated.
Acts of Inclusion: Positive Actions During A Recruitment
An Act of Inclusion is any gesture or behavior that you can use to invite and welcome a person
(and their perspectives) into your environment.
Lucie found support through other multicultural connections. These allies helped her navigate to the culturally aware enivronment and network. She highlights the positive impact of engaging with a network that understands and values diverse backgrounds.
What Leaders Can Do to Interrupt The Bias
- Recognize International Bias: Attracting expats to company roles without engaging with foreign locals already in your market is a missed opportunity and a prejudice.
- Build Cultural Awareness: Connect with international coworkers. Learn something new about them and their culture, even if you think you already know enough.
- Revise Outreach Practices: Turn the first step of a search and select recruitment into a proactive canvassing initiative.
Conclusion
Lucie’s situation emphasizes the need to build awareness for environments that are becoming multicultural.
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