Professor Santina Bertone - Victorian Local Governance Association

Proposed strategiesSwinburne• Make the recruitment process more explicit/ transparent and allow fordifferent approaches• Use a generic curriculum vitae template• Remove names from applications• Reduce number of key selection criteria and explain how to address them• Mentoring and work experience placements for NESB/CALD people• Target cultural diversity in recruitment through a concerted policy drive• Collect workforce data on cultural diversity• Provide scholarships and bursaries to NESB/CALD people to develop theirskills• Provide cultural diversity training, particularly for those involved inrecruitment.