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08:40 Online networking
09:10 How transparent and inclusive recruitment policies can help ensure you are the employer of choice
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09:30 How skills-based hiring has helped BAE Systems become an inclusive employer
- Movement to Work – upskilling new talent from a wider talent pool
- Using D&I targets, as well as upskilling to improve inclusive recruitment in cyber and national security – BAE’s academies
- How an upskilling initiative with Mind Weaver has increased recruitment in ethnic diversity in digital and data roles
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09:50 Attracting disabled talent with the benefits of an inclusive recruitment process
- The importance of making reasonable adjustments – what to consider
- Effective models of recruitment
- Understanding how aspects of the recruitment process impact disabled candidates
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10:10 How external early in careers partnerships are helping Amazon create an inclusive, more diverse workforce
- Why Amazon needs partnerships and what are the benefits?
- Overcoming location challenges to fill demand and delivering ambitious diversity targets
- Working with partners to ensure your workforce reflects the communities you serve
- Running celebrating diversity events to be more inclusive – and subsequent success metrics
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10:30 Live audience questions and answers
11:00 Break and online networking
11:25 Embedding your gender diversity recruitment strategy and increasing the proportion of women hires
- Putting the spotlight on KPIs; and identifying the barriers to female recruitment
- Taking a closer look at your recruitment panel – what needs to change?
- Looking at your job design – including flexible working by design
- How do you make opportunities to progress both fair and transparent?
- What does success look like?
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11:45 Identifying and removing recruitment barriers facing disadvantaged job seekers
- How BITC’s Opening Doors campaign is helping employers tap into more diverse pools of talent
- How Ban the Box campaign is working in practice – adopting new approaches to recruitment for ex-offenders
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11:55 Providing opportunities to the broadest possible talent pool through 'open hiring'
- Where hiring is based on trust, rather than experience
- How Carer’s Trust has supported The Body Shop in attracting young, unpaid carers into work
- Working with Ingeus to reach marginalised talent and hit targets via an inclusive hiring process
- Supporting and empowering hire managers with the open hiring recruiting method – using existing skills, experience, and expertise
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12:15 Live audience questions and answers
12:45 Lunch break and online networking
13:40 Auditing your recruitment processes to support inclusive hiring
- Helping your recruitment teams to become aware of biases
- Supporting line managers to lead in inclusive recruitment
- Ensuring inclusive language and images in recruitment campaigns
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14:00 Attracting minority ethnic talent and offering an inclusive recruitment experience
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14:20 Engaging employee networks in the recruitment process to call out bias and increase inclusivity
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