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An employer has launched a goal of hiring 10% of employees from disadvantaged youth backgrounds, as it builds out its ESG commitments.

Conflicts of interest aren't always problematic, but "hiding or failing to manage one is", according to a new report calling for better education and internal controls.

It's up to recruiters and hiring managers to ensure the language barrier doesn't become an employment barrier for ESL candidates, according to an expert who says that unless spoken language skills are a key component of a role, an interview might not even be necessary.

Employers will often blame their recruitment process for not having the right talent in place, but often there's a lack of understanding and agreement on what high performance looks like, assessment specialists say.

An inclusive hiring system requires much more attention to detail, and it starts with facilitating candidates' 'choice-control' through informative job ads, according to disability recruitment specialists.

Targeting talent in strategically selected countries is helping a resources employer overcome an array of workforce challenges, with the talent team "fine-tuning" its process to what the business wants to see.

Well-trained AI is a far better predictor of a "great hire" than all the tests and interviews developed by humans, yet HR practitioners remain hesitant to fully incorporate it in their organisations, according to new research from the Josh Bersin Company.

• Pay transparency up significantly in job ads
  
• "Shift cultural norms" to advance gender equality
  
• Flexible work requests require 'bias towards yes'

Ikea has turned an eight-week placement program into a permanent recruitment pillar, after achieving success on multiple levels with a pilot refugee workforce inclusion program.

Internal recruitment teams have traditionally struggled to prove their value, but shifting away from 'transactional' metrics could be the solution, according to an international thought leader.