20 Essex Street has become the first chambers in the country to adopt the Contextual Recruitment System (CRS), a tool run by diversity recruitment specialist Rare. The software, which is used by a number of law firms, inputs social mobility metrics into graduate recruitment databases to allow potential employers to view not just a candidate’s achievements, but also the context in which those achievements were gained, including postcode, school quality, refugee status and more. CRS users hope the system will help to drive diversity among new recruits by unearthing candidates from non-traditional backgrounds.
05 December 2018
Recruitment software to aid diversity drive
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