Browsing: Diversity & inclusion

• New state manager for Randstad
  
• Job ads increase for first time in 12 months
  
• Internal CEO appointments on the rise
  
• Most inclusive employers recognised read more

In prioritising diversity in their recruitment strategies, many employers are still struggling to match their EVP and culture promises to the reality, an executive search specialist says. read more

Adobe has introduced stricter processes for its recruiters and hiring managers to improve the fairness of selection and internal mobility across its demographic groups. read more

• Small drop in underemployment
  
• Specialist job board entering the market
  
• Victorian government steps up gender equality focus
  
• News in brief: Underwood Executive and Ascender read more

• Another fall in job ads
  
• Employers identify top recruitment barriers
  
• Most attractive workplaces for new dads
  
• Manufacturing jobs hit new low
  
• Biases persist in disability hiring read more

• Rubicor Technical business gets new life
  
• Class action costs ruling appealed
  
• Diversity programs too narrow and lack impact
  
• News in brief: Jobfind and Seek read more

• Wage theft inquiry is "talking in circles"
  
• New labour hire program for people with disability
  
• Underemployment on the rise
  
• News in brief: Award recognition and AMS CEO change read more

Recruiters can do a much better job of ensuring selection processes aren't like 'Game of Thrones', where the person hired is the last one still standing rather than the best candidate, says industry advisor Bill Boorman. read more

Employers remain reluctant to consider talent that doesn't 'tick all the boxes', with more bravery required of recruiters in the face of intensifying talent shortages, says Six Degrees Executive CEO Suzie McInerney. read more

A persistent bias towards recruiting for qualifications rather than skills is preventing organisations from adapting to a rapidly changing talent market, business leaders say. read more