DWfL and BITC - Research Launch

 
Ethinic Minorities face recruitment agency bias!
 
DWfL and Race for Opportunity, the race equality campaign from Business in the Community, jointly commissioned a survey amongst applicants and employees to find out whether any bias was identifiable that affected the chances of BAME candidates in recruitment.
 
The research revealed that job offers made through recruitment agencies are disproportionately skewed and that BAME job seekers are disadvantaged. In the past 12 months, just 29% of BAME candidates were offered a job compared to 44% of white candidates when going through recruitment agencies.  This problem starts with a significantly lower proportion of BAME applicants being invited to interview when applying through a recruitment agency - just over half of BAME applicants (57%) compared to nearly three quarters of white applicants (73%) reached this stage.
 
Carmen Watson, Managing Director of Pertemps, said: “Access to and evidence to diverse role models has been a recurring ask of businesses for many years that is clearly not being recognised by recruiters as a useful part of their recruitment processes.  The importance of diverse role models and active diversity and inclusion policies can never be emphasised enough, otherwise recruiters from both agency and business will continue to miss out on attracting top talent from all backgrounds.”    
 
Richard Barnes, Deputy Mayor of London, said: “The recruitment industry has a key role in ensuring that London's businesses can access the widest talent pool possible to support their growth and sustainability. As well as the top tips produced by RfO, Diversity Works for London has a wealth of help and advice to help employers and recruitment agencies find the best people for the job.”
 
Content from the event available below and at:
 
http://public.edition-on.net/links/4646_raceandrecruitment.asp