Why Businesses Should Stop Trying to Hire for "Cultural Fit"

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"In today's increasingly globalized, multi-generational, multi-cultural world, the sameness that pervades workplace monocultures puts them at a significant business disadvantage, while also signaling organizational disregard for corporate social responsibility," writes Michael Hiltzik at Entrepreneur.

Hiltzik suggests that companies stop looking for "cultural fit" when it comes to hiring and start looking beyond "fit" to consider "diverse backgrounds, perspectives, communication styles, and even expressions of emotions."

Instead, he says, companies should look for "contributors" who can add to and advance their cultures.

"The language here is important as the word 'contributors' signals that the new viewpoints being introduced by increasingly diverse teams are welcome and positive," Hiltzik writes.

"This points to the benefits of taking immediate steps to examine and potentially modify how organizations consider, value, and interact with team members and prospective employees."

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