Groups of people form, storm, norm, perform and, usually, adjourn. But how do you know when your group is at this stage and what do you do about it? This helps you identify where your group is at then asks you about strategies for dealing with different behavioural states. Group Skills – Self and Group-working Assessment tool.
Increasing diversity in job-recruiting – a trial that closed the racial gap has lessons for recruiters
April 13, 2021
Increasing diversity in the workforce is an important challenge. The public trust government services and companies more if they see that their social identity – race, gender, disability etc. – is reflected in the service being provided. Employers are therefore keen to improve the application rate and success rate of minority-group candidates. A recruitment campaign for a regional police service managed to increase by 50% the pass rate on a pre-employment test, amongst non-white candidates. They achieved this huge improvement by changing the wording of emailed information sent to candidates. How did this work[1] and what are the practical implications for employers?