Businesses must take practical steps to connect with young jobseekers if they are to fill skills gaps, according to HSBC's head of emerging talent in Europe, John Morewood.
Workplace diversity programmes should look beyond gender and towards other areas such as age and social mobility, according to Newton Investments CEO Helena Morrissey.
Many businesses are no longer ready hire and develop young people, UK Commission for Employment and Skills chief executive Michael Davis said yesterday.
Business in the Community's Ban the Box campaign aims to level the playing field for jobseekers with criminal records. Here are five reasons why the campaign makes sense.
Economist Vicky Pryce speaks to Arvind Hickman about why jobseekers with criminal records deserve an equal chance, and the value to business and society of providing employment to ex-offenders.
A disproportionate focus on gender in the diversity debate means other areas risk falling behind, says Liz Bingham, EY's managing partner for talent in the UK and Ireland.
HR directors hiring boardroom talent should ensure 'diversity of thought' is among the most important within a list of six aims, a report has suggested.
Study shows that rather than take diversity seriously, many organisations are paying lip service, with senior management handing passive HR departments an ultimately futile tick-box exercise.
Class is dominating Britain's boardrooms, with a study finding almost half of FTSE 100 senior executives were privately educated compared to just 7% of the population.
As evidence continues to support the idea that a diverse workforce leads to more profitable and innovative companies, the next big challenge is to manage inclusion, something many organisations are...
A group of leading employers led by Ernst and Young and supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the CBI has announced the launch of a National Equality Standard (NES).
Diversity continues to remain something of a luxury for some organisations at a time when companies have been very focused on critical change, restructuring and compliance and reward matters.
