Insight for Non-Members

Our ED&I Hub for members has a wealth of guidance and resources to help and support recruitment firms with their ED&I initiatives.  Whether you are looking for advice on formulating a strategy or need some resources or research to add value to your end clients, the hub is a one-stop resource for everything you need and is updated regularly. For a full tour of the hub please complete the form below.

The hub is divided into sections which cover:

  • Policy & Guidance: Resources covering how to build a strategy, a useful glossary of terms as well as guides on how to collect data and flexible working policies.
  • Recruitment Best Practice: Guidance on creating an inclusive environment, removing gender bias for job advertisements, tackling unconscious bias and what skills are needed to find diverse talent.
  • Support for Leaders: Guidance on measuring inclusive leadership and improving board diversity.
  • Accessibility: Resources covering digital inclusion, web content accessibility guidelines and top tips for accessible recruitment.
  • Marketing & Comms: Awareness day calendars as well as guidance on diverse recruitment marketing and making comms more representative.
  • Protected characteristics: The hub has a section on each of the protected characteristics: Age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, gender and sexual orientation. Resources cover discrimination and the Equality Act as well as best practice guides.
  • LGBTQIA+: Resources include a glossary of terms, myth-busting guides, case studies of lived experiences and a range of research reports from YouGov and Stonewall.
  • Mental Wellbeing: This section includes an online learning programme for the workplace, guidance on how to support mental health at work and taking care of your staff.
  • Neurodiversity: Resources to help attract neurodiverse talent and best practice guides to dealing with neurodiversity in the workplace.
  • Social Mobility: Guidance on the Kickstart Scheme; tips on how to recruit for social mobility and an employer’s guide to social mobility in the workplace.
  • Multi-Media Resources: A wealth of multimedia content including blogs, webinars and podcasts covering the whole ED&I arena.
  • Have Your Say: APSCo and the REC are collaborating on a project to better understand the level of diversity within the UK recruitment sector. Both the Corporate and the Individual Surveys are now closed.

For further information on membership and what it could do for your recruitment firm, contact us using the form below.