{"id":21083,"date":"2022-05-27T09:33:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T09:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.interstride.com\/?p=21083"},"modified":"2024-06-27T21:32:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T21:32:40","slug":"why-hiring-international-students-should-be-part-of-your-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstride.com\/blog\/why-hiring-international-students-should-be-part-of-your-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Why hiring international students should be part of your DEI plan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recent events have shined a spotlight on the problem of systemic injustice in the United States.<\/p>\n

The business community has responded admirably, with initiatives to help break down barriers and close the opportunity gap for those from underrepresented communities. While not often implicitly expressed, much of the focus around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has been on tackling the biases that have disadvantaged domestic minorities for centuries.<\/p>\n

When employers think about diversity, they often think about getting the right mix of African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Latino-Americans, for example.<\/p>\n

We should all commend businesses for these efforts while also encouraging leaders to recognize international students in their DEI initiatives. International students, especially those of color, also face systemic barriers that deserve our attention. Furthermore, they act as a force multiplier in DEI, supercharging your efforts to build a high-performance team that approaches problems from multiple angles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why diversity is great for business<\/b><\/h2>\n

Like your stock portfolio, diversity increases performance. In 2017 Boston Consulting Group surveyed 1,700 companies in eight countries to research the work benefits of diversity. The group\u2019s <\/span>study<\/span><\/a> established that diverse teams drive innovation and that they produce 19 percent more revenue than their non-diverse counterparts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hiring international students fulfills a whole host of diversity initiatives, from culture, to race to language and nationality, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cultural diversity<\/b><\/h2>\n

Cultural diversity is a bit of a catch-all. As such, when people talk about diversity in general, they are often talking about cultural diversity. That\u2019s because, depending on your policies and definitions, it can includes such identifiers as:<\/span><\/p>\n