PharmiMike

There seems to be an increasing amount of talk about diversity recruiting, and not just in pharma. By diversity recruiting I mean ensuring that you recruit a diverse range of candidates within your company. In reality this might mean that you broaden your recruitment net to include sites that, for example are used by minority groups based on race, colour, age, disability, religion. It may even amount to positive discrimination, as the BBC have stated:

“Under such a plan, if two job candidates met the required standards, the candidate whose ethnicity is under-represented in the force would be selected.” (BBC, 19th April 2007)

A few useful diversity recruitment resources:

• http://www.recruitersnetwork.com/resources/diversity.htm
• ttp://www.pharmadiversityjobboard.com/
• http://diversityjobs.com/
• http://www.diversity-jobs.com/
• http://diversityworking.com/career/Pharmaceuticals/?cchan=83

Some pharma companies are making progress in diversity recruiting by promoting themselves well

• Astellas on Blackcareers.com

What is immediately noticeable however, is the fact that all these diversity job boards are USA based – what is the UK, or indeed the European pharma industry doing about diversity recruitment?  - and what strategies are in place?

Google are stepping up their “social media” integration with gMail by a new featured called Buzz. This allows interaction with your contacts and social media websites though the gMail account. In some respects it seems to be competing with Wave, but I guess its just another string to their social-bow.

Gatszu.com is claiming to be a fast and transparent recruitment solution and the start of a new revolution…

The online recruitment marketplace that connects employers seeking talent to approved recruiters across the UK

Launched in February 2010, gatszu.com, in association with The Sunday Times HR Business Network, is an online recruitment marketplace that connects employers seeking high quality candidates to specialist recruiters in the UK. Giving employers the opportunity to set their own fixed fee, centralise their recruitment process and gain access to a far wider pool of talent than ever before.

Not sure myself yet, but its probably worth knowing about.. http://www.gatszu.com/