Goals

1. Analyze and benchmark benefits offerings to understand potential impacts or benefits to diversity hiring and retention.

   • Use consultant/vendor and market survey data to assess the value of various benefits.  Analyze differences in responses across demographics.
     
     

2. Enhance the recruitment process to include inclusive language in job postings as well as increase visibility of job openings with the goal of increasing the diversity of applicants.

   • Sponsor our job ads, budget permitting; further access our job posting packages with Job Elephant, utilize LinkedIn resources. Work on establishing new relationships with other recruiting websites. Review and edit job postings as needed to make sure they reflect our DEI initiatives.
     
     

3. Broaden Vassar’s on-boarding program to provide a strong first step in bolstering diverse employees’ participation on campus; provide new employees with resources to connect with local communities that are meaningful to them.

   • Create a DEI resource group and develop an employee mentorship program. Work with current groups on campus (Inclusion and Equity Committee) to establish common goals.
     
     

4. Formalize rich, recurring DEI sessions within the college’s professional development program.
   
   

5. Enrich web-based materials to showcase the diverse and dynamic communities within and around Vassar.

   • The creation of "Why I work at Vassar" videos, adding community resources to the Human Resources website, updating the language on recruitment websites from "scenic Hudson Valley" language to something else.