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Ikea has turned an eight-week placement program into a permanent recruitment pillar, after achieving success on multiple levels with a pilot refugee workforce inclusion program.

The Refugee Workforce Inclusion program provides people seeking asylum and refugees with stable work – a vital part of rebuilding their lives in a new country – says Ikea's refugee workforce inclusion leader Harriet Pope.

"However, there are unfortunately many barriers that they face when they arrive in this respect," she tells HR Daily...