Talent Think Tank - Inclusive Hiring
Melbourne, Thursday, August 3, 2023, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Dining Room at The Duke Hotel, 146 Flinders Street, Melbourne
At Talent Table, we believe we learn and innovate when we have opportunities to see and hear how others have done it.
To have all the information and to take from it what works for you and your organisation. To be an informed talent professional.
Talent Think Tank gives you a day to step away from your daily responsibilities, consider your strategy, and talk with your peers and experts. To consider the possible.
Inclusive Hiring, Creating Opportunities for Equality in the Workplace In today's rapidly evolving professional landscape, organizations recognise the value of creating opportunities for their employees to grow and thrive and to attract diverse talent. Our Talent Think Tank aims to explore the importance of creating opportunities for larger talent pools and strategies that enhance career growth to cultivate an equal, diverse, and inclusive workforce. Inclusive hiring actively recognizes diversity and embraces various qualities and perspectives that candidates bring to the organisation. It’s not simply about recruiting people from underrepresented backgrounds or with disabilities to tick off a box. Instead, inclusive hiring practices aim to level the playing field for all applicants to fight against recruitment bias and any form of discrimination. This event brings together our community from various backgrounds to discuss and explore innovative approaches to work, diversity, internal mobility, and talent acquisition. Being mindful of the unlimited types of diversity that exist in the human experience. Making inclusion part of your EVP Expanding your talent pools Writing inclusive job descriptions and advertising Using technology to remove bias in hiring and promotion Skills-based hiring: why we need to be considering it? Making recruitment and work accessible to everybody
Our Speaker:
Our guest speaker Lauren Bernays is currently the Director of Talent Acquisition at Systra ANZ. With a strong background in recruiting within engineering and construction industries, Lauren brings extensive expertise in driving positive change, empowering organisations to tap into untapped talent pools and create inclusive work environments that foster innovation and success.
Through Lauren's presentation Breaking Barriers: Embracing Neurodiversity and Inclusive Hiring we will explore the transformative power of embracing neurodiversity in the workplace and delve into the strategies for creating an inclusive hiring process that breaks down barriers. Discover the unique strengths and perspectives of neurodiverse individuals, and learn how inclusive recruitment practices can foster a diverse and innovative workforce.
Our Talent Think Tank events often book out. The small fee to join will cover some of our costs as we believe in making our events as accessible as possible.
We cannot offer a refund less than 14 days from the event date after catering numbers have been confirmed.
Please note that this event is exclusive to in-house recruitment, resourcing, marketing, employer brand & HR professionals. RPO are welcome if they are representing their client. No agencies, please. It should be noted that we reserve the right to refuse and cancel tickets to representatives of vendor companies (software/service/solution/HR consultancy providers) and consultants of any kind who register directly in accordance with our terms of service.
