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Walter Everett and Diversity 

 

What is Diversity and Inclusion?

 

A Diversity and Inclusion policy addresses the approach taken by a business that aims to to employ individuals diverse in characteristics, values, beliefs, and backgrounds. More and more businesses are committed to creating a more inclusive work environment, one where all employees feel respected, accepted, supported and valued.

 

• Diversity and inclusion in the workplace promotes better internal working practices

• Creates a trusting, open, communicative and collaborative working environment

• Addresses and changes things that aren't fair

• Challenges and recognises cognitive bias and educates people to be better 

• Ensures that everyone gets paid the same ranges for doing a job well  

• that people get the help and support they need with any issues they may be facing 

• More opportunities for innovation

• Better performance

• Stronger business results and profits

 

Our Diversity & Inclusion Values:

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Walter Everett is a technical recruitment company. We believe that, by helping organisations to change and build a more diverse workforce, the benefits are experienced by all parties. A diverse workforce and inclusive culture engenders a creative and productive environment enabling different perspectives, points of view and opinions.  We thrive on helping to support our clients' diversity policies and do everything we can to help shape inclusive environments. We do our best to ensure our processes deliver a diverse and inclusive talent pool. We do what we can to adapt, change and become more understanding and fair recruiters, employers and colleagues. Core to our values (and the law) is delivering a recruitment and selection platform where hiring is based on fairness, transparency and inclusion. This means giving everyone the same chance to succeed. Hiring fairly means having an interview process that eliminates cognitive bias. We believe that people have the right to be their true and authentic selves and as a company do everything to support that. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. 

 

How Do We Meet Our Values?

 

Global Reach: 

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We have designed our recruitment processes to ensure our talent pools are as diverse and inclusive as possible.  We are constantly striving to build, develop and increase our talent network. When a potential candidate looks for a new role, the way they go about it is "individual" so we do our best to reach as many people as possible. We use online platforms with advertising partnerships and outsourcing partners. We also chose a global ATS provider with a diverse and global range of job boards and hiring portals that are not just specific to the UK. We advertise on websites dedicated to promoting underrepresented talent.  We are just introducing an anonymous questionnaire to help us to improve the diversity of our database and to give clients more insight. 

 

Clients:

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• We want to work closely with all of our clients to really understand how we can help you to plan, create and achieve a more diverse workforce

• We ensure our consultants are up-to-date in all areas of the law relating to equality, diversity and inclusion

• We regularly take advice, educate and attend seminars that promote and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace 

 

Work Seekers:

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• We do our best to reach you in lots of different ways, though advertising, networking, and referrals and we help educate our clients in processes that give people the same chances to get the jobs we have on offer

• If we spot unconscious bias we challenge it 

• We regular educate ourselves on work seekers' rights in the hiring process and the workplace 

• We will speak with our clients if we believe a process or policy needs to be improved in order to create a more diverse workforce 

 

Fair Process:

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We believe in a fair recruitment process so that our clients treat all our work seekers the same way

This means assessing everyone the same way 

 

How We Add Value to Our Clients:

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We maintain a close partnership with you, ensuring that we align with your expectations for candidate searches. Should we perceive any terms or searches as potentially disadvantageous or discriminatory, we promptly provide advisory feedback.

• We are actively implementing diversity monitoring of our database and conducting anonymous surveys. It's important to note that some of this information may qualify as special category data under UK law. Thus, we always obtain consent from our work seekers and secure permission to share the results of these anonymous surveys.

• Staying in compliance with legal regulations and continuously enhancing our diverse talent pool are paramount to our approach. We remain vigilant in researching and adopting methods recommended by the ASA under their CAP protocol to ensure our advertisement copy is legally sound and inclusive. 

• Our commitment extends to education and the mitigation of cognitive bias in the recruitment process. We are in a constant state of review, working closely with our ATS provider to develop innovative procedures. Our efforts extend to enhancing systems and advertising technology to broaden our reach and, ultimately, benefit diversity and inclusion within your recruitment processes. Once this system is launched, we will provide insights on how it can elevate your hiring process, ensure compliance, and diversify your candidate pools.

• We actively collaborate with you to improve both our internal processes and yours. We remain attentive to evolving industry practices, legal requirements, immigration laws, and the advancement of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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What We Offer:

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We are committed to supporting a range of charities monthly. These organizations are dedicated to improving lives, fostering diverse workforces, and empowering women and ethnic minorities. Some of the charities we support include the Diversity Trust and the Young Women's Network.

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• We stay informed and engaged with developments in Diversity and Inclusion. We recommend checking out AbilityNet, an organisation that supports individuals living with disabilities or impairments. They offer valuable and free training and webinars to enhance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. You can explore their resources here.

• We actively advertise our positions on the Pink job site, a global platform listing LGBTQ+ friendly job roles from pro-equality partners.

• We have embarked on a partnership with our ATS provider to enhance our systems and create a platform that eliminates cognitive bias. This innovative solution is currently in development and will be rolled out soon.

• We are continuously improving our advertising network to include job sites that promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace, both paid and free platforms.

• Staying in tune with legal developments is a priority for us. We work diligently to ensure that all terms and conditions align with the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion. In cases of conflict, we collaborate with our clients to find viable solutions.

• As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we have conducted comprehensive policy audits and introduced anonymous diversity and inclusion surveys. We are currently in the process of gaining consent from our job seekers to share the results of these surveys.

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We are dedicated to educating and raising awareness among our consultants and clients about identifying and eliminating cognitive bias. We are actively developing an effective approach to this end.

Our partnership with clients extends to assisting them in reaching a wider, more diverse candidate pool, promoting positive action to foster diversity and inclusion.

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