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## Allison Damerell

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## [the impact of diversity on business results](https://workforceinsights.randstad.com/hr-insights/the-impact-of-diversity-on-business-results)

 Posted by [Allison Damerell](https://workforceinsights.randstad.com/hr-insights/author/allison-damerell) on Jul 6, 2017, 8:30:08 PM

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Diversity: we’ve all heard how important it is in the workplace, how crucial it is in developing strategy, and how we all need to take extra steps to ensure that it’s a major factor in recruitment.

But despite how prolific the data is on the benefits of diversity, a lot of hiring managers still aren’t making diversity inclusion a priority in their hiring strategy. 

For example, a whopping [41% of hiring managers](http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2015/02/03/20768/#2838f0ae34c9) who didn’t enforce measures to ensure hiring diversity say they didn’t do so simply because they were “too busy.” Too busy? Perhaps that’s just another way to say, “we didn’t make it a priority.” 

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