Having a wide group of diverse people to recruit from will improve and strengthen innovation and productivity within your agency.
After completing this section, you will have:
- a guide to encourage a wide range of people to apply for jobs in your agency.
Actions
- Identify the underrepresented diversity groups that your agency is building.
- Use the guide to support recruiting and developing diverse talent.
- Consider the following:
- advertise on different online job boards, social media platforms, through disability employment service and Aboriginal service providers and networks
- advertising through executive searches to reach a diverse group of professionals who may have specific knowledge and skills for the job
- use inclusive language that matters to appeal to applicants from different backgrounds
- encourage current employees to refer the job to people from diverse groups
- highlight the different working arrangements available in your agency that supports diversity
- harness artificial intelligence technology, if you can, to analyse applicants’ resumes for an impartial shortlist.
Resources
- Workforce Diversification and Inclusion Strategy for WA Public Sector Employment 2020–2025
- Women: Action Plan to improve WA Public Sector Employment Outcomes 2020–2025
- Youth: Action Plan to Improve WA Public Sector Employment Outcomes 2020–2025
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Action Plan to Improve WA Public Sector Employment Outcomes 2020–2025
- Culturally and Linguistically Diverse People: Action Plan to Improve WA Public Sector Employment Outcomes 2020–2025
- People with Disability: Action Plan to Improve WA Public Sector Employment Outcomes 2020–2025
- People of Diverse Sexualities and Genders: Action Plan to Improve WA Public Sector Employment Outcomes 2020–2025
