...Bert Leysen; Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe; Eva Derous Purpose Public sector employers often struggle to meet diversity targets, even with standardized processes designed to ensure fairness in recruitment. This raises a critical question: Is hiring discrimination a key driver of the continued...

.... Göran Svensson can be contacted at: goran.svensson@set.hh.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Promotion Recruitment Higher education Educational institutions Law Sweden Unlike many other Western countries, the Swedish public sector remains dominant in many areas...

.... Practical implications The study shows the importance of effective recruitment strategies for attracting university students to the public sector, communicating the opportunities offered and minimising any misconceptions about the image of public service. The presence of a public service ethic among...

...David Farnham; Amanda Stevens This article reports and evaluates how a traditional approach to recruitment and selection in the Social Services Department of West Sussex County Council was superseded by a competency‐based approach. The authors discuss the impacts of external and internal changes...