Originally Posted by
NutLoose
I'm all for them, the only time I find it all dissapointing is when companies set recruiting targets and that can be detrimental, If you need 100 people and 70 of them are women turn up, employ them, if 70 are men, employ them, but not to take on 20 of the 70 men or women if your company has recruiting targets of 50 / 50, that's wrong.
So true, it needs to be about best person for the job, full stop. If we want more diversity then its a society problem to ensure more of the "best for the job" people come from the areas/groups we are talking about. Training and education, rather than filling in the numbers to tick a box.