Checking references has long been a part of the hiring process but it should only ever be one of a series of steps taken to assess someone’s qualifications.
Examining current attitudes to accents in Britain, do the same biases hold true as they did 50 years ago and what does that mean when it comes to the interview process?
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino has a plan for NAPLAN.
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Recruiters seem to have unconscious biases that can be overturned by what they see on job applications.
Ironically, one of the biggest advantages of a bot-based application system is that it can come across as more personal than a human.
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