DEI
Storydriven Recruiting
Behind every great hire is a story that made someone say “yes.” This mission shows you how to design those stories on purpose. You’ll discover how to shape your messages, questions, and updates into compelling narratives that highlight impact, growth, and fit. By the end, you’ll know how to use story-driven communication to attract attention, keep candidates engaged, and influence hiring decisions with confidence.
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Presenters Presented By
Salma El-Wardany
SocialTalent Expert
Salma El-Wardany is a business owner, 2x TEDx speaker, and writer. Her work centers around diversity and inclusion and she fights to change the narrative of marginalized groups. She is the founder of Digitally Human, a marketing business that works with companies to attract diverse talent and build inclusive employer brands.
Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the Mission you will be able to:
Identify the key moments in the hiring process where a well-told story has the biggest impact on candidates and hiring managers.
Use simple story structures to frame roles, teams, and opportunities in a way that feels real, relevant, and compelling.
Weave candidate stories into interviews and debriefs so stakeholders understand not just what someone has done, but who they are and how they work.
Apply storytelling techniques—such as context, tension, and resolution—to everyday recruiter communication so your messages land with more clarity and influence.
Courses in this Mission
Turn everyday recruiter conversations into moments that stick. In this course, you’ll learn why stories shape how candidates and hiring managers think, feel, and decide. You’ll break down what makes a story memorable, explore simple structures you can reuse, and see how to turn basic details about a role, team, or candidate into compelling narratives that build trust and interest.
This course shows you how to use storytelling deliberately to drive hiring decisions. You’ll learn how to weave story into outreach, interviews, debriefs, and offer conversations so your messages feel clearer, more human, and more persuasive. You’ll practice framing opportunities, objections, and trade-offs as stories, helping hiring managers and candidates understand the “why” behind your recommendations—and act on them.
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