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Overcoming employment barriers

Now available to buy online with free UK delivery

These three practical guides, based on our B-Equal funded research, reveal how employers, employment intermediaries and ethnic minority job seekers can help overcome employment barriers to create a more diverse workforce from which everyone can benefit.

A key focus of the guides is how to overcome the negative attitudes, prejudice and stereotypes which hamper good employment practices, especially in staff recruitment and selection.

They may be purchased as a set, but How to get the job you deserve and Benefit from diversity are also available separately. These are available to buy online (see below) or you can download an order form to print out.

 

 

 
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How to get the job you deserve
- a guide for job seekers

This booklet, packed with activities, is designed mainly for ethnic minority job seekers who are finding it difficult to get started in their careers, although much of the advice applies to anyone looking for their ideal type of job.

The kit reveals what employers expect from job seekers and how they can present themselves effectively during the selection process.

We stress the importance of having ambitious but realistic goals. Readers will find out how to overcome negative attitudes, stereotypes and prejudice in order to get their preferred jobs. They will learn how to make an impact on employers and get the positive response they want.

ISBN 1-905395-00-0

£5 including UK delivery

Discounts for multiple orders:
11-20 copies - £4.50 each
20+ copies - £4 each
(Please note: for online orders the discount will be credited as a refund after your payment has been received. Alternatively you may or download an order form and pay by cheque.)

Please email us to enquire about international delivery rates.

Order now using Paypal secure online payment, using your credit or debit card:



Benefit from diversity
- a guide for employers

This guide will help employers who want to learn more about the benefits of diversity and about improving their employment practices. It gives reasons why they should try to attract more ethnic minority employees and why they should aim to become 'employers of choice' within the communities that provide their workforce and customer base.

The kit suggests how employers might tackle negative attitudes and discrimination, improve recruitment, selection and promotion practices, build better links with local ethnic minority communities and implement an effective equality and diversity policy for business success.

ISBN 1-905395-01-9

£10 including UK delivery

Discounts for multiple orders:
11-20 copies - £9 each
20+ copies - £8 each
(Please note: for online orders the discount will be credited as a refund after your payment has been received. Alternatively you may or download an order form and pay by cheque.)

Please email us to enquire about international delivery rates.

Order now using Paypal secure online payment, using your credit or debit card:



Promoting diversity in employment
- a guide for employment intermediaries

This toolkit is for employment intermediaries - people who play key roles in bringing together employers and job seekers. This includes careers advisers, job centre staff and those working on special initiatives who help particular groups, such as disadvantaged young people. In particular, it highlights the many ways in which intermediaries can help employers as well as job applicants from ethnic minority communities. It complements How to get the job you deserve and Benefit from diversity, which are for job seekers and employers.

Promoting diversity in employment identifies actions which intermediaries can take and summarises the main issues in the other kits. This toolkit is only available as part of a set of all three toolkits.

ISBN 1-905395-02-7

£20 for a pack of all three kits
including UK delivery

Discounts for multiple orders:
11-20 copies - £18 each
20+ copies - £16 each
(Please note: for online orders the discount will be credited as a refund after your payment has been received. Alternatively you may or download an order form and pay by cheque.)

Please email us to enquire about international delivery rates.

Order now using Paypal secure online payment, using your credit or debit card:


Researching the toolkits

These toolkits are based on our research with employers, intermediaries and members of ethnic minority communities in Bradford, UK.

Employers who took part represent major public and private sector organisations, as well as small and medium sized companies in a wide variety of sectors. The intermediaries included senior managers and their colleagues working in strategic roles or in the direct delivery of services to clients. The job seekers were mainly from Bangladeshi, Pakistani, African and African-Caribbean communities in Bradford.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'The toolkit gives you good ideas on how to go about looking for a job'

'Well laid out - encourages the reader to do the activities'

'Straightforward and to the point - I especially liked the section on perceptions and stereotypes. This really made me think about my own perceptions. The examples and activities are good'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A comprehensive and clear toolkit for employers'

'A welcome introduction to readers about the concept of diversity without being too complex'

'Excellent use of inspirational case studies'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A comprehensive and readable guide for intermediaries with clear reference to the toolkits and useful suggestions about how intermediaries can help'

 

 

 

Acknowledgements

This project was funded by the European Social Fund under the Equal Community Initiative Programme. The contents of these toolkits do not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of the European Commission and/or the Department for Work and Pensions. We are very grateful for their support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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