According to a snap poll by HR magazine for HR Vision, 93% of staff working in HR think employers benefit by recruiting from a diverse talent pool but 70% do not consider social mobility to be part of their wider HR strategy.
The poll also quizzed respondents on their attitudes towards apprenticeships and internships, finding a third (34%) offer apprenticeship schemes in their organisations and a further 34% provide internship placements. But, of this almost two thirds (64%) do not pay their interns
The survey found almost nine out of 10 respondents (88%) do not think the Government is doing enough to deal with the skills shortage and employment crisis in the UK and, worryingly 57% think people applying for jobs in their organisation are displaying lower levels of vocational skills than 10 years ago.
Encouragingly 86% of the HR staff polled online during the months of May and June, would put a candidate's attitude before their skills when recruiting and 56% think its an employers' duty to help those not in education or training (NEETs) - but disturbingly four out of ten still believe their fellow employers are continuing to create a barrier to social mobility in the UK.
