Thanks to digital technology, more and more job applicants are creating visual CVs, but they can pose legal risks to employers. 

Kent Police has developed a diversity strategy in response to legislative changes and business need. It has already exceeded its government-set target to employ 90 officers from black and minority ethnic backgrounds by 2010. 

IRS is conducting a survey that will allow you to compare your current employee referral scheme methods with those of other organisations.

The internet is now heavily used by employers to administer psychometric testing and, although only basic safeguards against fraud are usually in place, many employers still believe it compares favourably with other testing methods.

An employability training scheme to help marginalised groups in Leeds has seen 70% of participants find work in the NHS, helping to reduce recruitment difficulties and improve diversity, particularly of ethnic minorities. 

Despite plenty of negative publicity, the use of positive action will be extended when the Equality Bill becomes law. Personnel Today looks for the plus points of this. 

With the Agency Workers Directive soon to be implemented into UK law, Employment Law Bulletin consultant editor Darren Newman asks if the employer and union sides are really clear about the benefits to be excluded from the concept of equality in the Directive.

The lessons from implementing October 2006's age discrimination Regulations provide useful pointers for HR about the ways of gaining business benefits from complying with changes in equal opportunities law.

Take part in an IRS survey investigating the methods that organisations use to reduce spending on recruitment activities. 

The annual IRS survey of graduate recruitment looks at the prospects for the 2008/09 hiring round; highlights the most effective ways that employers have devised to find and select the best graduates; analyses starting salaries; and maps the trends in improving recruitment techniques.

Emma Peacock, senior associate at Pinsent Masons, advises employers what they need to do to sponsor migrant workers under the new system to be introduced in November 2008.

Employers' Law talks to legal and recruitment experts about how employers can avoid discrimination in job advertisements.

Global investment bank Morgan Stanley has spent the past seven years implementing a far-reaching diversity strategy that aims to recruit and retain the most talented staff.

Mental health charity Rethink's successful measures to help recruit and retain individuals with mental ill health provide a model for other employers, particularly because its approach ensures that employees with mental health problems have the same absence levels as other employees.

Take part in IRS research into how employers are using the internet to administer psychometric tests, and how the medium compares with more conventional administration methods.

IRS is investigating the impact of the introduction of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 on recruitment and would like your help.

Anne-Marie Balfour, solicitor at Speechly Bircham, explains immigration and employment law implications for employers.

Employer branding is a marketing concept, rather than a mainstream HR process, denoting the attributes that make an employer special and worth working for, and is attracting increasing interest as a way of improving the quality and diversity of job applicants.

The Independent Safeguarding Authority will be charged with vetting staff who work with children and vulnerable adults from October 2009. What will this mean for HR in the public and charity sectors?

Camden Primary Care Trust and six other NHS employers have set up a job broking service that helps disadvantaged people in Camden and Islington find work in the health and caring sectors.