Diversity now a priority even for fresher hiring Top Searches Diversity now a priority even for fresher hiring TNN / Mar 16, 2021, 04:00 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Chennai: Diversity, which is important for India Inc to achieve in lateral roles and leadership positions, is now finding a place in campus hiring drives as well. Companies including Intel, Cognizant, Accenture, Capgemini, PayPal, and others are sensitizing their hiring managers and stressing on diversity of gender and sexual orientation while hiring from campuses for both full-time roles and internships. Those with ‘special needs’ is another key segment they look to hire. While merit and performance remain key criteria in assessments, companies said hiring managers are judged on the extent of diversity they bring with respect to women, people with special needs, and LGBTQ candidates. “Out of all our diversity targets, 30%-40% comes from college hiring. So it is very important to have a good mix in our talent pool Both campus hiring and internship programs focus strongly on diversity. We are educating hiring managers to look at diversity,” Anjali Rao, head of HR and senior director, HR, Intel India, said. “ Now the focus is particularly on college hiring and we have asked them to add — gender and diversity lens — to the recruitment programs,” she added.