Widen your talent pool

Culture Change Toolkit: How to recruit diverse talent

Tips and best practice for recruiting diverse talent, including how to remove bias from the shortlisting process, how to advertise and recruit equitably (ie moving away from word of mouth, critically analysing selection criteria). Checklists on developing a person specification (position description) and developing a recruitment monitoring process.

Culture Change Toolkit: How to find and grow diverse talent

Best practice for developing apprenticeships, internships, mentorships and work experience opportunities.

Critical Mass - Australian critics

Over 120 diverse Australian critics created by writer and thinker Jinghua Qian.

'In response to the lack of diversity in Australian arts criticism, I recently created a spreadsheet so editors can easily access a wide pool of critics.'

Diversity Genius

Action-oriented resource with suggestions on ways to diversify screen productions, and examples of organisations who have successfully implemented diversity strategies. Includes lists of talent and training schemes to source diverse talent, a fun diversity Quiz and a sample evaluation form

Equal Access Network

Film London have created the Equal Access Network initiative which acts as a link between film and TV industry partners and culturally diverse talent; creating sustainable jobs and thus addressing the demand for more diverse content on screen.

Writers of Color

US-based database of writers of colour, also with a strong Twitter presence @WritersofColor.

'We don't want to hear "I can't find any" ever again, okay?'

Cartoonists of Color

Database of US-based cartoonists hosted by MariNaomi.

'We created this database so that cartoonists of color can find each other. It's also great for finding comics to read and teach, and finding cartoonists to follow/befriend, promote, hire, and learn from.'

Equity at the Table

Equity at the Table (EATT) is a global database of diverse food industry professionals, including food professionals such as chefs and distillers, as well as photographers, writers and other creatives.

'EATT is an easy-to-navigate database for food industry professionals featuring only women/gender non-conforming individuals and focusing primarily on POC and the LGBTQ community.'

Database of Diverse Databases

US-based database of databases of listing talented people of colour, women, nonbinary people, and people with disability. Subject areas include writing and editing, photography, visual arts, music, science, politics, health and more.

Magabala Books' list of Authors and Illustrators

A list of over 270 Indigenous Australian authors and illustrators, published by Indigenous publisher, Magabala Books.

NCACL Cultural Diversity Database

The National Centre for Australian Children's Literature has a free database of children's books featuring culturally diverse characters, focusing on knowledge and understanding of both similarities and differences.

Asian Dramaturgs' Network

Network hosting events for dramaturgs, performance makers and arts educators from around the Asia-Pacific region.

Still Nomads

Australian-based African artist collective made up of multi art-form creatives including visual artists, musicians, writers, performance poets, videographers, photographers and DJs.

Inclusive Recruitment at Work

Diversity Council Australia has developed an organisational framework for action on how to open up recruitment opportunities.

Inclusive Recruitment Tools

Partnering with Jobsbank, Diversity Council Australia has developed evidence-based guidelines to help Australian businesses attract, recruit and select a diversity of jobseekers by recruiting inclusively.

Contemporary Asian Australian Performance

Produces theatrical works in partnership with major festivals and flagship companies. CAAP leads in developing, nurturing and championing Asian Australian artists to take their place on main stages nationally and internationally.

Diamond: The Seventh Cut

Now in its seventh year, the Diamond report reveals that as a whole, contributions by Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups, women, LGB and Trans people are either at or above comparable national figures, while contributions by disabled people and the over-50s are showing year-on-year improvement, but still fall below population and workforce estimates.

"I Don’t Want to Be an ‘Accessory to a White Woman’s Journey"

Actor Kerry Washington explains in her memoir, “Thicker Than Water,” that she actively rejected playing the “white girl’s best friend” after starring in “Against the Ropes,” the 2004 boxing drama headlined by Meg Ryan and Omar Epps. Washington’s career continued with supporting roles, but ones she felt were far more fleshed out than just playing support to her white female co-star.

Diamond Project Review

Since 2018, the Creative Diversity Network's Diamond research have highlighted the lack of diversity in senior roles, especially the roles of writer and director. This report presents their headline findings on diversity among writers, directors and producer directors working in UK television, focusing on representation by gender, disability, age, race and ethnicity, and sexual orientation.