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government-recruitment
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revolver.newspolitics14 days ago
HM Treasury Removes Numerical Reasoning Test After Finding It Disproportionately Affected Ethnic Minority Candidates
GB News reported that officials dropped the test after concluding it reduced ethnic minority candidate progression. The department later replaced verbal reasoning assessments and adjusted other stages to increase diversity at later steps. A spokesman said hiring standards remaine…
The Timespolitics66 days ago
3% of Driving Examiner Applicants Qualify as Test Backlog Persists
Last year 19,138 people started applications to become driving examiners but only 327 passed all stages, according to Department for Transport data. Justin Stanbrook took nine months and five rounds of forms, tests and role plays to secure the role, then worked seven years before…