A team that’s diverse
At PageGroup we know that a diverse team brings different perspectives and insight into our business, generating creativity, problem-solving and sustainability that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.
Our inclusive culture creates opportunities for everyone. We recognise and appreciate that every individual is different and we want to make sure our people are comfortable bringing their true selves to work. It includes a broad range of activities, networks and memberships.
It includes a broad range of activities, networks and memberships.
Click here for our story so far
Women succeed at work
[email protected] aims to improve our gender balance at all levels across our business. Activity and initiatives include:
- Introducing our global mentoring programme
- Launching our [email protected] global “Yammer” network
- Carrying out policy reviews
- Regularly sharing case studies/role model stories
- Annual global campaigns to celebrate ‘International Women’s Day’ profiling our successful and inspiring women globally
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Achieved the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2018 and 2020
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Received BITC Gold Award – Gender Benchmark 2018
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Launched a global mentoring programme (over 140 women currently taking part in the UK)
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Launched our [email protected] global minisite
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Senior female leadership programme – Authentic Charisma and regular focus groups
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Partnered with Peppy Menopause
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Partnered with Smart Works
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Regularly publish ‘A Woman’s Journey’ profiles globally
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Signed the ‘Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search Firms’
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Joined Women on Boards
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Enrolled Executive Board Director and COO, Olly Watson, on the ‘Men as Agents of Change’ Working Group, set up to support the work of the Women’s Business Council
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Taken part in some ground-breaking research conducted by Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion which highlighted Page Personnel as having excellent levels of inclusive leadership and trust in its leaders
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Signed up to the ‘Think Act Report’
Click here to take a look at a summary of the initiatives that make up [email protected]
A Woman's Journey profiles
Emily Haddow
Ravi Shergill
Sexual orientation and gender identity don’t matter
[email protected] supports our LGBT+ employees, recognising that people perform better when they can be themselves. Through [email protected] we have:
- Become a Stonewall Global Diversity Champion
- Created case studies - allies and LGBT
- Run focus groups
- Reviewed and rewritten policies
- Created the [email protected] ‘Yammer’ network
- Appointed senior sponsors and champions
- Held annual global campaigns supporting LGBT Pride Month
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Run LGBT+ Inclusive Recruitment event for Trans Awareness Week 2018
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Participated in the Stonewall ‘Starting out Guide’
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Worked with universities to help us attract the best talent - #PrideAtPage
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Run CV workshops and skills sessions for local LGBT+ university students
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Presented at Stonewall Manchester Conference 2018
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Regularly profiled - allies and LGBT+ employees
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Affiliated with P3 network in support of our LGBT+ parents
2020 Pride highlights
LGBT Profiles: Angel and Lily
Families and carers come first
[email protected] provides all parents & carers at PageGroup encouragement and support with resources, information and understanding through every step of their journey as parents. We have:
- Introduced a pre and post maternity coaching programme
- Introduced maternity guidelines
- Launched [email protected] ‘Yammer’ network, featuring dedicated seminars
- Improved our paternity policy
- Introduced specific questions in ‘Have Your Say’ surveys for parents & carers
- Appointed senior sponsors and champions
- Held office “Family Days” to bring your partner and kids to work
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Partnered with MyFamilyCare to offer a work and family space portal
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Offered free emergency backup child/elder care
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Launched [email protected] intranet site
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Run new parent workshops
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Launched [email protected] intranet site
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Partnered with Educating Matters for parenting seminars and 1-2-1 Clinics
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Regularly published case studies/role models
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Signed the #workingforward pledge – making the workplace the best it can be for pregnant women and new mothers
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Partner with From Babies With Love for all new parents gifts
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Partner with Don’t Buy her Flowers for pre-maternity gifts
Dynamic working profile: Mark Lawson-Jones
[email protected] – Disability doesn’t hold you back
[email protected] demonstrates our commitment to disability and removing all barriers: physical, technological and attitudinal. It allows us to effectively communicate with all employees, clients and candidates so that necessary adjustments can be made for anyone with a disability and everyone has the opportunity to reach their potential.
- Regular sharing of stories from employees whose lives are affected by disability
- Created [email protected] Yammer network
- Appointed senior sponsors
- Regular hints and tips to improve general health and wellbeing
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Disability Confident Employer (Level 2)
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First recruitment company to sign the Time To Change pledge – to end mental health discrimination
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Have a network of Mental Health Champions
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Healthcare Experience Days – free events open to employees to promote well-being
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Run annual global [email protected] campaigns for World Mental Health Day
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Support and engage in Time To Talk Day, Mental Health Awareness Week
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Partner with Clear Company
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Real people/real stories of employees whose lives are affected by disability
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EAP and private healthcare support
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Mental Health Awareness training for line managers
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Valuable 500 Company
Kiran Daffu
Tania Garstang
[email protected] – we are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter
Promoting the awareness and benefits of multicultural business teams.
In February 2020, we launched [email protected] to optimise learnings from one culture to another and promote the benefit of multicultural perspectives in the workplace.
- Signed Race at Work Charter
- Reverse Mentoring programme for the UK Board
- Ran #beheard webinars in support of BLM
- Ran focus groups with BITC facilitating conversations to understand barriers
- Ran ‘Let’s Talk about Race Webinar’
- Assigned senior sponsor
- UK D&I Director is a lead mentor for the BITC Cross Organisational Mentoring Circle
We enjoy working within multicultural business teams and we strongly believe this supports our growth and success.
If you would like to join a diverse and truly inclusive team, then apply for one of our positions now.
[email protected] – Age is just a number
At PageGroup we recruit and retain people across all ages recognising the benefits of having an age-diverse workforce.
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Find out about our inclusion promise here.
