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GUILD ACADEMY 8 WEEKS TO LAUNCH Applications Closed
GUILD Angel Investing Program October 2 - October 30, 2024 Applications Closed
RESOURCE GUIDE FOR STARTUPS
to hire, retain and promote female talent
​BENEFITS
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PARENTAL LEAVE TEMPLATES​ (PLUS)
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Mom Friendly Policies and Benefits (Mommawork)
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Find Daycare and Pre-school (Winnie)
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Mental Health Wellbeing (Modern Health)
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​Coaching (Sounding Board / Marlow, BetterUp)
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Mentorship Solutions for Women (Water Cooler, The GUILD)
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Flexible Work Hour Policy Template (Workable)
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Personalized Benefits (Cherry)
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Fertility Benefits (Carrot)
TRAINING AND PROMOTIONS
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Set a fixed training stipend for each employee
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Offer access to online training (BetterUp, Lynda, Coursera) and encourage knowledge sharing
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Bring in experts for lunch and learn sessions
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Create a TEDx SLACK channel
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Implement transparent career ladders
EQUAL PAY
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Equal Pay Templates
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Consider making salaries transparent
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Ask investors or lawyers for compensation guides
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Consider equity stake parity (Carta Study and Employee Shareholder Bill Of Rights)
INCLUSION
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Ask candidates and employees to add their pronouns (Argo DEI GUIDE)
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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Give employees a set number of volunteering days
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Make it a team building activity
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Consider charitable contribution matching (BrightFunds)
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Combine Fitness and Charitable Giving (AtlasGo)
COMMUNICATION
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Host Anonymous AMA sessions
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Create Communication Templates
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Add a women SLACK group
EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION
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Measure your employee satisfaction quarterly and include D&I questions (CultureAmp)
EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS
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Create groups (min. 8 employees) and allocate small budget for meetings. Require 2 co-leaders and add their responsibility to goals / OKRs
​HIRING
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Post in Diverse Job Portals (Aleria)
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Use JD Bias Detection Tools (textio)
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Use Diversity Hiring Tools (WeSolv, YearUp)
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Ensure vision, core values and mission statement are in your JD
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Hire from Universities with Underrepresented Groups
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Write blogs and post pictures of real employees on your website
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Have at least one woman on the interview panel
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Conduct competency-based interviews
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Standardize interview questions (Workable)
HIRE DIVERSE TALENT
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to download the Diversity Worksheet and set goals for your hiring process and beyond
This Diversity Worksheet helps your company keep track of your diversity measures during the hiring process and serves as a diversity training tool for your leadership, management and HR department. It includes a high level best practice guide for large and small companies.
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Book a 45min call with our experts to evaluate your diversity initiatives, discuss best practices and become an endorsed employer which means that we feature your company in the endorsed employer section and on the GUILD portal.
Our experts have helped many companies hire highly qualified diverse talent and change their culture to retain and promote women.
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