HR Glossary

What is Inclusive Language?

Words and phrases chosen deliberately to avoid excluding, marginalizing, or offending people based on characteristics such as gender, race, disability, age, or sexual orientation, applied across job postings, policies, internal communications, and everyday workplace conversation.

Why it matters in hiring

Inclusive Language comes up whenever teams compare candidates, set policy or report on people data. Getting the definition right keeps decisions consistent, which is the same reason springhire scores every applicant against the same criteria rather than on impression.

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