Everyone is our diversity and inclusion programme. We apply the ‘Everyone’ lens across all company activities to ensure we promote diversity and to respond to the needs of all individuals in a fair and equitable manner. All of our staff receive training and have a checklist to ensure unconscious bias is not practised internally or by our clients.
We recognise as recruitment consultants we have a responsibility to ensure that every gender, age, race, religion and sexuality is embraced and are given opportunities within the creative industry with some candidates needing more support, training and mentoring than others and through our workshops we help build confidence and skillsets to help both the candidate and the agency thrive.
Diversity
We are committed to supporting the principle of equal opportunities, and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of any Protected Characteristic (PC) including sex; race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin); religion or belief; age; disability; marital status and civil partnership; sexual orientation; gender reassignment; pregnancy and maternity.
Our objective is to represent and present diversity to our clients building on the difference’s individuals bring.
We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences in order to meet the changing needs of our, clients, partners, candidates, contractors and temporary workers.
We seek to promote diversity and to respond to the needs of all individuals in a fair and equitable manner, whilst observing our commitment and responsibility to current legislation.
Everyone
Everyone is our diversity and inclusion programme. We apply the ‘Everyone’ lens across all company activities to ensure we promote diversity and to respond to the needs of all individuals in a fair and equitable manner. All of our staff receive training and have a checklist to ensure unconscious bias is not practiced internally or by our clients.
Partnerships
We continue to grow our diverse talent pool by working with a number of partners like The Opportunity Group, Generation Success, Flipside, Eric, I Like Networking (women and non-binary) and Outvertising as well as a number of inner London schools and universities.
Sponsorship
We offer 2 free places to members of our charities and partners on all of The Industry School’s marketing training courses to support under-represented groups building careers in marketing.
Mentoring
Several members of our experienced team are active mentors to our partner organisations and support their members with recruitment and professional development advice.
Training
Through our training arm The Industry School, we support businesses in reaching and sustaining their D&I goals through ED&I training workshops. These interactive workshops cover areas such as unconscious bias, impartial candidate selection techniques, collection and publishing of D&I data and developing inclusive workplaces for positive change. We advise on how to reach D&I goals and provide information on support groups and pledges
Inclusion
To attract an inclusive talent pool outside of the marketing echo chambers, we use broader jobs boards and dedicate time to unearthing talent from currently underrepresented groups in the industry. We ensure that the language used in our advertising and general comms is optimal and inclusive.
Our Data
To make significant changes in the industry we believe that measuring progress through data is critical. We review our selection criteria and procedures to ensure that we are representing a diverse talent pool. We collect data from candidates at registration to measure diversity and report quarterly on voluntary data provided.
Your Data
We ask our clients to share their diversity and inclusion data, and the pledges they have made or the initiatives they are running to address underrepresented groups. We provide this to our candidates to give them the reassurance of a fair and inclusive employer. We support and follow #knowyourdata a campaign to collect Diversity data and encourage clients to do the same.
Marketing Debuts
Marketing Debuts is our entry level recruitment programme that provides businesses with a tangible and actionable platform for positive change in diversity and inclusion.
Recruitment of the apprentices is led by Emma Palmer working with our diversity partners providing clients with a fully assessed shortlist of candidates from a diverse talent pool.
Emma works as a mentor with the debuts and we offer ongoing support and entry level training via the Industry School.