Just 16% of employers ask about volunteering on application forms. A new report from CIPD with the #iwill campaign finds that this failure to recognise social action experience during the recruitment process means employers are missing out on candidates with valuable skills. This simply reinforces our point of the value of Volunteering, so the report makes interesting reading and includes some practical advice to businesses on tapping into a pool of talented individuals that might otherwise be overlooked.
Read the report here www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources/guides/talent-social-action-recruitment.aspx