Join the BITC #OpeningDoors Campaign to find out how to inspire, hire and grow diverse talent.
Far too often, people are shut out of work because of their background or life experience. Businesses can change this by #OpeningDoors to #InclusiveRecruitment. Find out how to Inspire, Hire and Grow Diverse Talent with the BITC #OpeningDoors Campaign.
If the UK was made up of 100 employers:
- 22 would close their doors to disabled people
- 35 to refugees
- 58 to homeless jobseekers
- 70 to those with criminal convictions
Businesses can change this by #OpeningDoors to #InclusiveRecruitment.
Inclusive Recruitment: Opening Doors
Nobody should be shut out of work because of their background or life experience. Yet some recruitment practices create barriers for people from disadvantaged groups, meaning that all too often the doors to employment are firmly closed to them.
The Business in the Community inclusive recruitment Opening Doors campaign identifies five keys to unlocking employment to ensure that jobs are accessible to all.
Opening your door to disadvantaged jobseekers is not just the right thing to do from a responsible business perspective, it is also essential to business prosperity, helping to address your skills gaps.
Key Facts
- COVID-19 and Brexit have significantly impacted the labour market, job vacancies are at a 20-year high while long-term unemployment has increased.
- People from disadvantaged groups, particularly disabled people, Black and Minority Ethnic people, younger and older people, are finding it difficult to secure work.
- One in five (1.7 million) economically inactive people state that they want to work but cannot find a job.
Find out more about the #OpeningDoors campaign.
