Recruiter.com Group Inc has said it is partnering with networking firm Professional Diversity Network Inc to help encourage diversity hiring in the workplace.
Professional Diversity Network, or PDN, is a global developer and operator of online and in-person networks that provides access to networking, training, and educational and employment opportunities for diverse individuals.
The partnership will focus on providing diversity recruiting solutions to employers and support hiring initiatives for women, minorities, veterans, LGBTQ+, and disabled persons, according to the companies.
"Diversity recruitment is a critical component of modern talent acquisition," said Evan Sohn, CEO of Recruiter.com said in a statement. "Recruiter.com is committed to building unique product offerings for reaching diverse talent. Our career communities will list a special upgrade option to reach active candidates for greater distribution to diverse talent, while our AI recruiting software indexes over 160 million profiles to reach passive candidates.”
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Under the partnership, Recruiter.com and PDN will jointly distribute job postings and co-market their diversity recruitment offerings, Recruiter.com said in a statement.
The recruitment firm will launch a specialized career community focused on diversity, which PDN will sponsor, and offer a new diversity upgrade for its job posts across its career communities, it added.
Meanwhile, PDN will distribute these “upgraded” jobs to its online career sites to showcase them to its professional audience.
Adam He, CEO of PDN, told investors that PDN's collaboration with Recruiter.com will help distribute job postings across Recruiter.com's career communities for added exposure.
“PDN will also be proud to be the Official Partner of Recruiter.com's new career community for Diversity professionals,” He added.
New York-based Recruiter.com is an on-demand recruiting platform providing flexible talent acquisition solutions that scale from startups to the Fortune 100.
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