Diversity & InclusionDiversity, inclusion and accessibility underpins everything we doRecoded Recruitment was built with D&I at its core, thanks to the passion of our founder, Brett. Every business we engage with wants to improve its D&I recruitment strategy - we build around those aims, and help to bring hiring managers on board as we go.
If you’ve got targets, we promise we’ll hit them 100%
Our approach is multi-pronged, including non-bias training and D&I interviewing, and we always work with our network of D&I communities to source the right talent. So, there’s a bonus: with or without targets, your D&I will improve organically because our process is designed to create the right recruitment environment.
Diversity still continues to be a problem for tech industries
15% BAME representation
As of 2021, just 15% of people from BAME groups can be found in technology roles
11% Disability representation
Disability is entirely under-represented in every industry including tech with only 11% representation in tech in 2021. - Quarterly Labour Report 2022 - BCS
Gender diversity at 19%
18% of tech specialists in employment are women, as of 2021. - Quarterly Labour Report 2022 - BCS
But diversity helps business.
It improves productivity, working practices and increases profitability - and that’s just for starters. Pushing through unconscious biases, identifying any prohibitive recruitment processes and culture-led barriers is what we do best.
Part of our DNA
Why Diversity & Insclusivity is important to us (and why it’s important for you)
Diversity, inclusion and accessibility are right at the core of everything we do. Good D&I makes for productive, creative and engaged teams, so you’ll see benefits to business and talent retention when you make your workforce more inclusive.
A word from our founder
“We hear all the time from our clients and prospective clients that they all want to improve their D&I recruitment strategy within the business. The problem they have when scaling is influencing and getting buy-in from all of their hiring managers. At Recoded Recruitment, D&I is a priority at all times. As a wheelchair user born with Muscular Dystrophy, and someone who knows exactly how it feels to be both a candidate from a under-represented group and a hiring manager looking to expand his team with diverse talent, we understand the challenges and the importance of having Diversity in the workplace.”
Brett Leverton, Founder
Our approach
Everything we do is in partnership with our clients, and D&I is no different. We work to understand each business’ D&I goals and then build our strategies and measurement framework around this. Some of the areas we can deliver on today include:
Non-bias training
We strongly recommend hiring managers looking for a trainer come to us first. We partner with trainers to deliver non-bias training and all our talent partners undergo our own non-bias training when they start.
Events & networking
We consciously stay up to date by participating in events aimed to foster under-represented groups and we’re keen to share the knowledge. For us, it’s about giving back to the community, changing the tech scene for good.
Diversity and inclusion interviewing
Interviewing in an inclusive environment can look different from traditional styles of interview. Our relationship with GitHub has given us best-practice insight around D&I interviewing.
Specialist D&I sourcing technology
Our in-house technology allows us to search internet job boards quickly and efficiently for diverse candidates - which means we can contact them before other recruiters.
100% diversity target success
Whether you’ve got formal or informal targets - and we can help you develop these if needed - tell us what they are and we’ll hit them 100%, every time.
Name-blind recruitment
It’s not just names - bias removal is about getting the best person for the role, which means circumventing all possible hidden biases. To that end, we submit candidate shortlists with all identifying characteristics removed, including university, name, age and gender.
Our services
Built-in diversity & inclusion services
Our D&I services are built in to everything we do. They’re part of our ethos and delivered as standard. We believe employers want to lead by example, and we give them the tools to do so.