SR: S3 - Ep. 5 - Equal Opportunity in the Workplace w/ Nicole K. Webb

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Episode 5 of Season 3 of Skills Recharged on the Career Tipper podcast features EEO Expert, Nicole K. Webb.

Nicole provides strategic human resources consulting services in compliance with federal and state laws. She also educates, empowers, and equips ambitious individuals to become the CEO of their careers.

Nicole founded NK Webb Group in 2014. Nicole is a human resources educator at the University of Baltimore. Her experience and previous roles include Recruitment Specialist, Equal Employment Opportunity Training and Diversity Specialist, Human Resources Client Partner, Human Resources Compliance Officer, and Deputy Director of Equal Employment Opportunity. She has served as a Forbes Coaches Council member, contributing writer for Black Enterprise Magazine, and her expert advice has been featured in Forbes, TV One, Dice, and Millennial Magazine.

During this episode about Equal Opportunity in the Workplace:

[ 2:14 ] Baseline suggestions on how professionals can develop skills related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

[4:23] Nicole shares her journey to becoming an EEO expert.

[5:44] The importance of why DEI should be a necessary understanding by all members of an organization.

[7:32] Nicoles shares her stance on why DEI training should be mandatory in the workplace.

[8:35] DEI best practice suggestions for solopreneurs.

[9:29] Starting point suggestions on learning about DEI.

[11:02] Examples of diversity skills.

[13:00] Skills that enable equity and inclusion in the workplace.

[16:55] Possible team-building exercises that are DEI-centered.

[18:12] Suggested starting point on how to check biases.

[19:00] Examples of being bias.

[21:32] Nicole shares her wisdom on having a DEI approach to networking and interacting with others.

[24:28] Nicole's favorite productivity tools.

[25:19] Mindset to consider having when working to identify DEI solutions.

[27:51] Different aspects of allyship in the workplace.

[29:00] Nicole's most prized career lesson.

[33:13] Suggested criteria that qualify a professional to be a DEI expert.

[34:55] Insight on how to prepare to be hired in a DEI role?

[36:36] Nicole shares DEI findings statistics.

Connnect with Nicole:

https://www.nkwebbgroup.com/

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