Diversity

A team that’s diverse

At PageGroup we know that a diverse team brings different perspectives and insight to 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. 

Different initiatives like Women@Page, Parents@Page, Family@Page, Pride@Page, Ability@Page, Age@Page and Unity@Page represent the six dimensions of our global diversity promise:

 

 

Women@Page

Women succeed at work 

Women@Page aims to improve our gender balance at all levels across our business. Activity and initiatives include:

  • Introduced our global mentoring programme
  • Launched our Women@Page “Yammer” network
  • Carrying out policy reviews
  • Regularly publish case studies/role models - ‘Real People and Real Stories’
  • Annual global campaigns to celebrate ‘International Women’s Day’ profiling our successful and inspiring women globally
  • Undertaken Benchmarking – received Opportunity Now Silver Award
  • Partnered with Smart Works
  • Signed the ‘Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search Firms’
  • Introduced Everywoman female leadership programme
  • Joined Women on Boards
  • Enrolled Executive Board Director and UK MD, Olly Watson, on the ‘Men as Agents of Change’ Working Group, set up to support the work of the Women’s Business Council
  • 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
  • Signed up to the ‘Think Act Report’

 

Click here to take a look at a summary of the initiatives that make up women@page.

 

Women in leadership

 

Pride@Page

 

Sexual orientation and gender identity don’t matter

Pride@Page supports our LGBT+ employees, recognising that people perform better when they can be themselves. Through Pride@Page we have:

  • Become a Stonewall Global Diversity Champion
  • Participated in the Stonewall ‘Starting out Guide’  
  • Worked with universities to help us attract the best talent - #PrideAtPage best talent - #PrideAtPage
  • Run CV workshops and skills sessions for local LGBT+ university students
  • Achieved benchmarks - Placed 153 on the Stonewall Workplace Quality Index 2017
  • Attended Stonewall Conferences
  • Created case studies - allies and LGBT
  • Run Focus groups
  • Reviewed and rewritten policies
  • Created Pride@Page ‘Yammer’ network
  • Appointed senior sponsors and champions
  • Held annual global campaigns supporting LGBT Pride Month
  • Affiliated with P3 network in support of our LGBT parents

 

 

Parents@Page

Families and carers come first

Parents@Page provides all parents & carers at PageGroup encouragement and support with resources, information and understanding through every step of their journey as parents. We have:

  • Engaged an external company Parents@Work and introduced a parental support program that includes coaching and online resources for eligible employees and their manager.
  • Introduced a pre and post maternity coaching programme
  • Introduced maternity guidelines
  • Launched Parents@Page ‘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
  • Conducted surveys with our parents & carers population
  • Regularly published case studies/role models using our internal communications tool
  • Improved our paternity policy
  • Signed the #workingforward pledge – making the workplace the best it can be for pregnant women and new mothers

 

 

Ability@Page

Ability@Page – Disability doesn’t hold you back

Ability@Page 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 Ability@Page Yammer network
  • Appointed senior sponsor and mental health champions
  • Regular hints and tips to improve general health and wellbeing
  • First recruitment company to sign the Time To Change pledge – to end mental health discrimination
  • Reviewed and rewritten policies

 

 

Age@Page

Age@Page – Age is just a number

At PageGroup we recruit and retain people across all ages recognising the benefits of having an age diverse workforce.

 

 

Unity@Page

Unity@Page – A multicultural workforce thrives

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.

Learn more

Find out about our inclusion promise here.