Recruitment 2020
A project with the Guardian and the The Recruitment & Employment Confederation
"diversity"
6 items tagged with this theme in this project. Find more on this theme : » show items from across the site
- Times Online: Employers face ethnic quotas for public work 'COMPANIES that bid for multimillion-pound Government contracts will be rejected if they do not employ enough black and Asian workers, under new proposals seen by The Times. Three pilot schemes have been authorised with the support of Downing Street — the first time that “positive vetting” in procurement has been approved by a British Government. It follows the release of figures showing that people from ethnic minorities are twice as likely to be unemployed as the white majority.' from : duncanoleary 18th August 2006
- Equalities Review Interim Report (pdf) Identifies the 'employment penalty' for different groups in society. Highlights 'the discovery of new ways to differentiate human beings, such as genetic mapping, which hold out the prospect of new forms of discriminatory treatment and inequality' employers will increasingly need to turn to groups of potential workers hitherto less likely to be selected for jobs – women, those over 50, or people with a disability, for example. from : duncanoleary 18th August 2006
- ESRC Future of Wor: Diversity in Britain’s Labour Market Focusses mainly on over 50s and women in the workforce - finding that there is an overall decline in job satisfaction for both both groups. Also argues that working practices in SMEs should be more of a concern for policymakers. from : duncanoleary 21st August 2006
- Network Logic: Who governs in an interconnected world? Demos collection on the hidden power of networks. Includes an article by Helen McCarthy which argues that 'Women’s networks represent a force for change and social agency with the potential to tackle persistent workplace inequalities . . .' from : duncanoleary 24th August 2006
- BBC NEWS: Ofsted promises ethnic diversity England's education watchdog is looking to recruit more inspectors from ethnic minority groups. Currently 9% of Ofsted's staff are from ethnic minorities, compared with 8% for the civil service as a whole. The Racial equality scheme has been revised and published following a review and assessment of Ofsted’s functions and their relevance to the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000. from : duncanoleary 11th September 2006
- Gladwell: getting in Writes: 'wouldn't we prefer that at least some law schools try to select good lawyers instead of good law students? This search for good lawyers, furthermore, is necessarily going to be subjective, because things like passion and engagement can't be measured as precisely as academic proficiency. Subjectivity in the admissions process is not just an occasion for discrimination; it is also, in better times, the only means available for giving us the social outcome we want' from : duncanoleary 10th January 2007