About
Hays UK:
Working for
your tomorrow

So much more than a specialist recruitment business,
we are a global workforce partner.

 

 

What sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding, and ability to innovate for our customers. By providing advice, insights, and expertise on today's issues in the fast-paced world of work, you can rely on us to deliver today and help you prepare for tomorrow.

                                                                                                                                                                     

"People are at the heart of what we do. We partner with organisations across the UK to understand their unique business opportunities, providing bespoke talent and workforce solutions that leverage our local understanding and global scale."

Our local market expertise

Since Hays was founded in 1968, we’ve placed people at the heart of everything we do - building lasting partnerships with businesses and professionals across the UK. Our success is built on decades of experience and a deep understanding of regional job markets.

We began with core specialisms in accountancy, finance, and construction, and have since grown our expertise to cover technology, engineering, life sciences, HR, procurement, business support, legal and marketing. With offices in key cities including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, and Edinburgh, we combine nationwide coverage with local market knowledge to deliver tailored recruitment solutions.

Our global reach

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21

specialisms

Globe

31

countries covered

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57

years of experience

Team

c. 9,520

employees

Our valued behaviours

At Hays, we believe that a positive culture, anchored in our valued behaviours, is fundamental to our success as a responsible and sustainable business. We are focused on creating and maintaining a culture where people want to work, where they can play their part in delivery of Hays’ strategy and success, where they can grow their careers and flourish, and where they can have a positive impact on our clients, candidates and the communities we are part of.

As a people-centric organisation, it is the power of the collective contributions of our teams that helps us continue to make a difference to people and organisations around the world.

Our valued behaviours
Our vision is to be the global leader in recruitment and workforce solutions. We achieve this by truly understanding the needs of our candidates and clients, locally and globally, partnering with them to create positive impact. We want every colleague at Hays to feel connected to our business and empowered by the way we work together. Our valued behaviours guide how we behave every day, how we serve our customers, and how we contribute to the communities we’re part of.

Our valued behaviours are:

Own the Outcomes

We strive for performance, see things through, and always act with integrity. We are clear on our vision for the future, believe in transparency and setting clear expectations for one another so we can perform at our best. It’s not about working for work’s sake; it’s about making our efforts count. We are trusted to do what we say we will do. And we always act with good intent, treating everyone with respect and working to the highest ethical standards.

Champion the Customer

We proactively partner with our customers to build better, profitable solutions. We have a customer centric mindset where every colleague, regardless of role or location, is connected and focused on ensuring they deliver for their customer, whether that is an internal customer, a client or a candidate. We are outward-looking so we spot opportunities and anticipate change so we can deliver the best expert service.

Be Better Together

We support, celebrate and share with each other to create stronger outcomes for all. We have a strong sense of community and fun, underpinned by a focus on inclusivity, collaboration and co-creation. When we win, we win together. We create the space for people to be their authentic selves and for everyone to have a voice, so we arrive at the best solutions. When we lift each other up, we all succeed.

Be Bold and Curious

We’re ambitious, push outside our comfort zone and experiment. We are flexible and open-minded. We experiment, fail-fast, learn and grow. It’s about being prepared to innovate and take calculated risks. At the heart of this is knowing we may not always get it right, but how we learn, adapt and improve is key to our continued success.

We've generated over £1m in social value!

Download our annual Social Impact Report for a full overview of our social and environmental impact in the UK and Ireland.

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Looking for the right role for you?

We know that finding the right role at the right time takes careful consideration. As lifelong career partners, we're with you every step of the way, offering our expertise, up-to-date career advice, connections, and training to help you achieve your goals.

Whether you're seeking a job for now, a career change, or aiming to climb the career ladder, we provide an unmatched wealth of opportunities across various industries and professions. With our insights, market-leading salary checker, and strong employer relationships, we bring you roles that challenge and excite you.

Whatever your business ambition, we share it

Whether you need people to evolve your company or leaders to drive transformation, we offer specialist recruitment and workforce solutions, including permanent, temporary, and contract hiring, executive search, interim appointments, and outsourced solutions like RPO, MSP, and Total Workforce Solutions.

We partner with organisations and individuals to provide the knowledge, expertise, and innovation needed for a holistic workforce strategy. Your success is at the heart of our business.

Driving climate action and ambition for Net Zero

Hays PLC is committed to reduction targets (across scope 1, 2 and 3) and has launched multiple initiatives to deliver on this commitment. 
 

You can find out more about our carbon reduction plan and our commitment to net zero on our Hays PLC site: 

  • Silver award winner for Support Services (People and Places)

    Hays is a proud winner of the Silver award for 'Support Services (People and Places)' as part of Britain's Most Admired Companies 2024.

    Hays ranked as the only specialist recruiter in the top three and beating our Bronze award from last year.

    Britain's Most Admired Companies study is the longest-running annual survey of corporate reputation in the UK with data across the FTSE 100 and 250 going back 33 years.

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    Project Flourish wins Social Value Award

    We were delighted to win the ‘Creating Capability’ award category at the Social Value Awards 2024, recognising the exciting work we’ve been doing as part of Project Flourish, created in collaboration with EveryYouth – helping to overcome barriers to work for young people facing homelessness.

    The award acknowledges our work in building skills and capacity to deliver social impact by broadening the knowledge of our internal teams, and by collaborating with, supporting and upskilling charitable organisations, potential employers and wider partner organisations.

  • Protecting worker rights

    Hays have partnered with JobsAware and are committed to fairness and transparency in the labour market. For free help and advice please visit the JobsAware website.

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At Hays, we believe in being long-term partners to our people as well as our customers. Hear stories from our team to learn more about a career at Hays.

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