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What you thought you knew about diversity is wrong

Published: 31 March 2016

As one of only two recruitment agencies that are also Stonewall members, diversity is an issue very close to the heart of our organisation. There is a huge decline in the portrayal of these issues as merely ‘tick boxes’ or HR matters alone, but it’s important that they must be championed from the top of an organisation all the way to the ground in order for them to thrive. Professor Brian Rubineau of the Desautels Faculty of Management at À¦°óSMÉçÇø, has just publishedÌýnew researchÌýon this topic, which suggests that using word of mouth referrals for jobs can help to increase diversity by reaching out to minorities within existing employees’ contact networks. This encourages all members of the organisation to get involved and to tackle the unconscious biases that can undermine true diversity.

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