#451: Devi Maheshwari on the hiring process and the importance of diversity and inclusion

“It's a greater level of equal opportunity and respect that you are giving to the candidate when you keep your hiring process open to the candidate and tell them everything about the organisation as well.”

Welcome to another episode of Shape of Work. In today’s episode, our guest talks about Hiring the right people for the right job and the importance of diversity and inclusion. Our guest today is Devi Maheshwari, Chief Human Resources Officer at Pepper Money India, a consumer finance brand with a mission to serve the underserved. It is part of Pepper Financial Services Group, which has offices in India, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Devi has an overall work experience of fifteen years. She has worked at various organisations at Human resource roles such as Population Services International, Magic Bus India Foundation, FlexiLoans, Disprz, etc. She did her BA at Delhi University, her Master’s Degree from Amity University, and her Executive Program in Human Resources Management from the Indian Institute of Management.

Episode Highlights

• Hiring the right people for the right job
• Reducing subjectivity in the hiring process
• The importance of diversity and inclusion
• What are the areas that don’t need innovation?

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Archit Sethi

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.