Lucky Generals opens The Barracks – employment scheme for lower-socio economic backgrounds

An employment scheme aimed at candidates from outside of London and from lower-socio economic backgrounds - where accommodation is provided free of charge. The lucky recruit will be given the chance to live in a flat in Stratford totally funded by the agency for the duration of the scheme

Lucky Generals opens The Barracks  – employment scheme for lower-socio economic backgrounds

Only 0.2 million (8.1%) of the 1.9 million jobs in the Creative Industries are filled by those from less advantaged groups.  Focus on Employment Report:  Department for Culture Media and Sport (2016) Opportunities [in creative industries] are ‘out of reach’ for many and the workforce looks dramatically different from the UK population. Creative Industry’s Policy and Evidence […]

Deaf Works Everywhere: film launches new campaign to transform deaf young people’s lives

Deaf Works Everywhere: film launches new campaign to transform deaf young people’s lives

The National Deaf Children’s Society launches a new campaign #DeafWorksEverywhere with a short film. Designed and co-created by a group of 19 deaf young people from across the UK, the film features 30 deaf adults sharing their career stories. Deaf adults are twice as likely to be unemployed as hearing people, and many deaf young […]

Millennials see Gen Z as more money-minded, less collaborative and workshy, new research shows

Millennials see Gen Z as more money-minded, less collaborative and workshy, new research shows

As the first Gen Z graduates start joining the job market en masse, new research shows that Millennials see the up-and-coming generation as being more money-minded and less collaborative – but more focused. According to a six-country survey by research experts B2B International, in which over 900 HR and Business Managers were interviewed, 61% of Millennials see the youth of today as caring more […]

McCann Colombia and CRAC propose “Blind Interviews” to transform recruitment in companies

McCann Colombia and CRAC propose “Blind Interviews” to transform recruitment in companies

Recruitment and selection methods have evolved with the development of a more inclusive and diverse perspective. From the submission of curriculum Vitaes (CVs) without photos, designs of interviews based on the skills and no bias or prejudice about physical appearance of the candidate and more transparent and honest processes that really find the ideal and […]

HEINEKEN Taps into Talent Around the World for Go Places 2.0

HEINEKEN Taps into Talent Around the World for Go Places 2.0

HEINEKEN launches an innovative new campaign informed by the real and exciting experiences of employees, to engage and inspire future talent. Go Places 2.0 features 33 HEINEKEN employee stories from around the world that showcase the entrepreneurial culture upon which the company was built. The collection of films illustrate how with the right mindset, people […]

Leading recruitment platform Totaljobs, launches refreshed brand identity to kick start 2019

Leading recruitment platform Totaljobs, launches refreshed brand identity to kick start 2019

Totaljobs has unveiled a new brand. The re-imagined look and feel has been designed to embody the spirit of Totaljobs and its unique offering in the market. Totaljobs collaborated with creative agency DesignStudio to help define their brand positioning, and bring it to life visually. Beginning the process with an immersion stage, representatives from DesignStudio […]

Guardian Jobs rebrands portal with new values-led campaign

Guardian Jobs rebrands portal with new values-led campaign

Guardian Jobs is launching a new marketing campaign to highlight its rebrand and unique values-led offering for recruiters and job seekers. The campaign seeks to highlight how Guardian Jobs’ unique portal helps clients find the right people for roles. Guardian Jobs is rooted in deep specialism across multiple sectors, attracting established and growing job seekers […]

McCann London and D&AD New Blood Shift launch the ultimate unbiased recruitment tool – Kkaptionn

McCann London and D&AD New Blood Shift launch the ultimate unbiased recruitment tool – Kkaptionn

With the view to smashing all bias and advocating true Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace, McCann London has teamed up with D&AD New Blood Shift and launched Kkaptionn: the comic book with no words. Featuring aliens, kissing cows and flame-throwing women, this wordless comic will be used by McCann to aid its application process […]

Dentsu Aegis Network teams with AutonomyWorks, contracting ad operations work to employees with autism

Dentsu Aegis Network teams with AutonomyWorks, contracting ad operations work to employees with autism

Dentsu Aegis Network, announced a partnership with AutonomyWorks, a company that specializes in mobilizing employees with autism for core ad operations. Because these functions are often tedious and repetitive, they require a higher aptitude for pattern recognition and attention to detail, which are talents associated with many people with autism. As the Dentsu Aegis Network […]