According to the financial review, executives at ASX-listed companies have privately instructed recruiters to only shortlist women for senior roles to meet “diversity targets”.

Recruiters have stated that their clients have asked them to conduct “female-only” searches to fill job vacancies.

3AW Mornings host Tom Elliott completely disagrees with it and he said “I almost fell over when I read this.”

“If you are a female business executive, is this really what you want?” Elliott said on 3AW Mornings. 

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Chris Karagounis managing partner of executive search firm ‘Alex Kaar’ has personal experience with companies instructing him to exclude male candidates because they “must appoint a female”.

“I will always ensure that we produce a list of people that represent all genders,” Karagounis said on 3AW Mornings. 

Click PLAY to listen to the full interview with Chris Karagounis on 3AW

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