HR Diversity Consultancy, The Clear Company, has responded to research commissioned by Acas from academics at King’s College, London, which suggests that tattoos are still considered unacceptable in many workplaces.
The Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) has endorsed data from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) which finds disabled employees outperform all other groups in terms of innovation and professional ambition.
As employers review their parental leave policies in an effort to better align organisational objectives with the needs of a changing workforce, many are offering time off to parents of adopted children. Adoption leave, similar to paternity leave, is becoming more prevalent, especially as the definition of families continues to progress to include same-sex parents.
The latest GCSE results reveal that too few females are still choosing technology subjects, despite systematically getting better results than boys, according to global tech recruitment firm, Empiric.
London 2012 Paralympic gold medalist and hot Rio contender Jonnie Peacock has been transformed into a video game star in a unique, fun and accessible game aimed at raising awareness of disability issues.
Despite the complexities involved with legislation for parental leave organisations are making the benefit available to their workforce.
Girls need to be taught to be more competitive, new research from Université Paris-Saclay finds.
Employment targets for minority groups should be supported by other initiatives, including a review of corporate culture and recruitment processes, if greater progress is to be made. That’s according to diversity consultancy, The Clear Company.
Just one in five employers and recruiters say that disabled jobseekers regularly apply for roles with their organisation, despite the fact that, statistically, every vacancy should receive an average of three applications from disabled candidates. That is according to the latest data from the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI).
Construction firms must look to become more attractive places for women to work if they want to beat the skills shortages, says One Way.
95% of recruiters say that companies are ‘fearful’ or ‘unsure’ about hiring disabled candidates according to a new industry survey by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).
At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit this week, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, along with senior leadership from other Silicon Valley companies, signed a Tech Inclusion Pledge that resolves to take action …
Following the UN World Day of Cultural Diversity (21 May), CBRE is championing diversity and inclusion to all employees.
Gloria Lombardi met with author and change management consultant Sylvana Storey to discuss her recently released book “The Impact of Diversity on Global Leadership Performance.”
InterTech is the organisation for LGBT techies. Supported by Microsoft and Google and other tech companies, Women@InterTech looks after the group’s members who identify as female.
Every year, the world celebrates Ada Lovelace Day to recognise and raise the profile of women working in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
