Employers forum on diversity

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Employers forum on diversity

• Fred Bowen
• Employer Consultant

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Managing Diversity Introduction

• Equal Opportunity
• The diversity agenda
• Is it just a buzz word?
• Believe in difference
• Value difference
• Gender, Sexual orientation, Race, Culture,
  Beliefs, Disability, Age, Background

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Managing Diversity Values

• Does the profile of your workforce match that of
  the community?
• Identify the gaps
• Taking positive action/recruitment
• Tokenism
• Value people

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Managing Diversity Responsibility

• HR strategy?
• Legal case/driven by legislation
• Moral case
• Business strategy
• Business need

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Managing Diversity Benefits

• Higher productivity
• Reduced staff turnover
• Reduced absences
• Maintaining a competitive edge
• Increase in business turnover
• Provider of choice
• Employer of choice

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Managing Diversity The next steps

• Understanding and identifying the business need
• Staff requirements
• Recruitment procedure
• Getting it right
• Application
• Job description
• Person specification

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Group discussion

• How are you managing diversity in your
  organisation?
• Who has responsibility?
• Is it a HR or a business strategy?
• Is there a vision or targets?
• Examples What works? What doesnt?

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Employer forum on diversity

• Huw Davies
• Manager Bury EST

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Bury EST Service update

• No Limits
• New directions
• Moving on
• Employer forum-evaluations
• Equal Opportunities project/carers
• Sheila Blackman-project worker

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Meeting your needs

• Employer forum on diversity
• Bury College, PACE etc
• Chamber of Commerce
• Chamberlink
• Private networking groups

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Next meeting

• Next forum meeting will take place on Thursday
  19 April 2007
• Breakfast meeting 08.30 for 09.00
• Village Hotel and Leisure Club
• Waterfold Business Park, Bury