Recruitment & Selection

Building a diverse workplace

Building a diverse and inclusive workplace starts with recruitment. But, to be truly effective, the approach to recruitment and selection needs to be embedded within an organisational culture that creates equal opportunities for all.

Redefine your processes

If your organisation is serious about improving diversity in the workplace, it’s vital to take a fresh look at your recruitment and hiring practices.

Recognise your biases

Whether we like it or not, we all have unconscious biases. How you address these biases within recruiting processes is what is important. Unconscious biases can inadvertently lead to some applicants being excluding early on in a recruitment process – which is why recognising and removing these biases is the vital first step in building a more diverse workforce.

Identify any barriers

A good place to start is to take look at your recruitment procedures. Can you identify any barriers that might exclude some groups from applying? Or interviewing? Or being selected for certain roles? Could your organisation’s job descriptions or interview questions be more carefully worded? Would specific training help your recruitment team to better understand and adjust for unconscious bias in their decision making?

Refine your hiring processes

By recognising where recruitment barriers may exist and putting plans in place to address them, you can make sure that every stage of your recruitment process – from advertising to onboarding – is geared towards the skillsets and aptitudes of candidates, regardless of their background.

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“The more people you interview who don’t look or think like you, the more likely you are to hire someone from a diverse background.”

Maxine Williams – Global Director of Diversity at Meta (formerly Facebook)

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Evaluate Supplier Diversity in Your Organisation

Evaluating supplier diversity is an essential strategic investment for companies.

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Supplier Diversity Evaluation and Reporting Framework

Designed to help organisations to track, measure and report the success and impact of their supplier diversity investment.

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Supplier Diversity Guide

Supplier diversity is a key driver for creating a more inclusive and equitable business environment.

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Supplier Diversity Introduction

Supplier diversity programs are proactive business programs which encourages the use of women-owned, ethnic/minority-owned, veteran-owned, LGBTQ-owned, disability-owned, and small businesses as suppliers.

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Supplier Diversity Policy Template

Tailor your company’s supplier diversity policy to the specific context, goals, and values of your company.

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Inclusive Onboarding Checklist

This checklist is designed to be modified according to your company or organisation’s individual needs.

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Inclusive Recruitment Job Advertisement Template – Trades/Technical

A template to create inclusive job advertisements that will attract a diverse pool of applicants.

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Inclusive Recruitment Job Advertisement Template – Professional

A template to create inclusive job advertisements that will attract a diverse pool of applicants.

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Inclusive Recruitment Practices – Addressing Bias

Unconscious bias is defined as the automatic, implicit attitudes or stereotypes that influence our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner, often without our awareness.

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Recruiting Indigenous Applicants

The recruitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should follow a culturally inclusive process that acknowledges cultural diversity and allows all candidates to best demonstrate their capabilities.

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Inclusive Recruitment Practices – Neurodiverse Candidates

A brief guide for conducting inclusive interviews with neurodiverse candidates. Providing information and tips that may assist companies wanting to attract neurodiverse candidates.

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