“You are never too busy to be innovative!” These are the wise words of today’s guest, Daniel Benavides, Director of Recruitment at Recursion. Daniel joins us for this episode of Talk Talent to Me to tell us about his background, what made him become a recruiter, what he loves most about it, and why he believes there should be some sort of school for potential recruiters. We delve into Recursion's incredible inclusion model and strategy and where it came from before Daniel tells us about their employee resource groups, why they are a real community, and so much more! Our guest also shares the best career advice he has ever been given and reminds us to stay innovative throughout our careers. 

 

Key Points From This Episode:

• How Recursion integrates inclusive policies based on its company culture into the business. 

• Where its inclusion strategy came from and how an employee resource group (ERG) assists. 

• Daniel shares his approach to making an ERG an actual community of diversity. 

• How to include everyone in Pride Month and turn employees into allies. 

• Daniel tells us about his background, why he went into recruiting, and what he loves about it.

• The importance of trying different things to see what works. 

• Why there should be a recruiting school of sorts to help potential recruiters in their careers. 

• The best career advice Daniel has ever received from someone.

 

Tweetables:

 

“I can only speak to my lived experience – I can’t speak to the experience that our [Latinx or Black employees] have – so being able to have an ERG that is focused on that pillar or that marginalized group is key so we can ensure our policies are more inclusive.” — @benavidesdaniel [0:05:47]

 

“There is an incredibly important piece of having an executive sponsor that believes in the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion and that it makes us stronger.” — @benavidesdaniel [0:09:02]

 

“You change the world [and] make an impact [by bringing] everybody along the journey. It’s not just on the backs of one underprivileged or marginalized group; we are all working towards the same goal and making the world a better place.” — @benavidesdaniel [0:15:02]

 

“The only way we’re going to find out if something works is if we try it.” — @benavidesdaniel [0:18:32]

 

“Be innovative [and] question the status quo!” — @benavidesdaniel [0:30:16]

 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

 

Daniel Benavides on LinkedIn

Daniel Benavides on Twitter

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