Since the rebirth of the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of George Floyd, employers around the world have turned their focus internally and looked at the diversity and inclusivity of their workforce and hiring practices to recruit and retain a variety of staff. Whilst many big brands have chosen to reveal their diversity statistics, policies and progress publicly, not all have – and for many small businesses the challenge remains that they don’t have many applicants approach them for vacancies; or are unsure if non-white people are.
Businesses can flourish from embracing diversity and difference amongst their workforce, but it’s still important that employees are hired on their merit, as well as their other attributes: and no one wants to feel like they’ve been hired as tokenism.
There’s a variety of ways employers can look to broaden their hiring horizons to include better candidate diversity… and here’s just some of those practices.
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Natalie Ellis HR 