Initiative targets fair recruitment

PEOPLE who leave school early are not able to get jobs for which they are competent because there is an over-reliance on academic qualifications and educational attainment.

A report by the Equal Community Initiative yesterday claimed employers who had moved away from the traditional recruitment policy and looked instead at competency, were able to employ people who offered commitment and productivity even without a Leaving Cert.

The initiative said due to the success of such competency-based recruitment, it removed the Leaving Cert requirement for local authority clerical officer positions.