REC: Recruitment 'has a key role in creating a diverse financial services sector'
A leading organisation has praised government efforts to address the gender imbalance in the financial services and accountancy sector and the role of recruitment in this.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has identified issue such as gender pay gaps, flexible working and parental leave as issues it should tackle.
Bill Haynes, chair of REC's accounting and financial services division, said it is "encouraging" that there is such a commitment to making recruitment in this industry fairer.
He emphasised the importance of recruitment in helping to bring innovative solutions to the problems facing the industry.
Mr Haynes added: "It needs to be accepted by both clients and candidates that most of the existing recruitment practices in our sector can lead to the same people, on the same boards who are then prone to 'group think'."
Recent research published by Buck Consultants, a Xerox Company, has highlighted the fact that many employers are promoting a work-life balance as a good way to cut stress in the workplace, which could make a firm more attractive to applicants.
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Posted by Wayne Bly and Nikki Barrister
Filed: 16-07-2010
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