In reply to Joanne Garnham:
Generally it's fine to target eg women applicants for occupations in which they're under represented but not to treat men less favourably when it comes to selecting the applicants (unless s.159 applies).In reply to Joanne Garnham:
I think that's the only real way that a lot of these things will be tackled longer term. I've just signed up to be an Enterprise Adviser to help with schools on that basis - it's such a great scheme.In reply to Gemma:
Drifting off-topic strictly, but just thinking of past experience re supporting recruitment and retention and wellbeing of female engineering apprentices, it doesn’t stop once you’ve recruited them. Female engineering apprentices can feel eg very isolated and intimidated in these typically male-dominated and sometimes misogynistic environments and can benefit from targeted support such as sensitive and effective mentoring. Their experiences feed back into the recruitment problem too, because they tell their families and friends and teachers etc all about them, good or bad.
In reply to Gemma:
Good luck Gemma! I'm so glad the culture is so inclusive - it'll really help.Visit the main CIPD website
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