Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)

With our DE&I advisory service, your organisation is equipped with the insights and expertise needed to build a more diverse workforce today and create a more inclusive tomorrow.

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Build inclusive strategies that deliver results

Building a truly inclusive workforce isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s a strategic advantage. At Hays, we integrate DE&I into your workforce planning and talent strategy, ensuring inclusion is embedded across the entire employee lifecycle.

From shaping leadership behaviours to leveraging data-driven insights, we help you create a culture where every individual can thrive.

How our DE&I advisory solution can benefit your business

  • Build a competitive edge

    Unlike standalone DE&I consultancies, Hays embeds inclusion into every stage of the talent lifecycle – from workforce planning to hiring and leadership development. Our ability to combine advisory expertise with our global recruitment scale means your DE&I strategy isn’t just aspirational, it’s operational and measurable.

  • Meet critical skills gaps

    We don’t just advise on inclusion, we also deliver it. Leveraging our connected ecosystem of talent networks, we help you access underrepresented and emerging talent pools, supported by solutions like Hire-Train-Deploy and apprenticeship pathways. This ensures your workforce strategy is both inclusive and future-ready.

  • Encourage employee retention

    Leverage our talent analytics and assessment tools to identify representation gaps, measure progress, and shape authentic inclusion strategies. Combined with leadership development and EVP optimisation, we create cultures where diverse talent stays and thrives, protecting your investment in people.

     

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World-class training

We offer the learning and development needed to transform your organisation’s approach to DE&I. From the C-suite to your early careers pipeline, we’ll support your workforce as they embrace and adapt to a new, fairer way of working.

A clear promise to our clients

We know that actions speak louder than words. Together, we’ll leverage our industry-leading recruitment expertise with our workforce advisory capabilities to shape significant and lasting change to the markets and communities in which your organisation operates.

Talk to us about your DE&I strategy

Let’s unlock the potential of a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce strategy. For more information complete the form below to request a call back, or email us directly solutions@hays.com.

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Diversity, equity and inclusion advisory tailored to your business

Customer-centric approach:
Our services are tailored, not only to your organisation’s needs, but also to ensure the engagement of key stakeholders. Our approach is end-to-end, so whilst we may start by shaping your senior management into authentic DE&I advisory leaders, we impact every leader, team member and hiring action.

Data and insight to inform your strategy:
Together, we’ll make intelligent decisions about your DE&I advisory strategy, driven by a wealth of reliable data. We combine proven processes and project management methodologies, informed and continually refined by the lessons and insights we gain from operating across the globe.

Authenticity is key:
We advocate that all engagement and efforts in DE&I should be authentic for them to be well received and ensure long-lasting change. We carry the same belief across our organisation; our experience and expertise come from a track record of improving DE&I with our clients and ourselves.

Diversity, equity and inclusion FAQs

  • Diversity focuses on and celebrates the differences between people e.g. gender, background, age or how we think. 
     
  • Equity refers to fair and just practices and policies that ensure all employees can thrive. However, this is different to equality as it implies treating everyone as if their experiences are the same. 
     
  • Inclusion is the act of welcoming diversity, creating an environment where everyone can thrive and succeed. 

Hays have been partnering with clients to build diversity and inclusion-led workforce strategies for over 20 years. Driven by a desire to do the right thing, solve skills shortages and empower the workforce of tomorrow, we’ve evolved over the years to consider DE&I advisory services more holistically. We support organisations of all sizes, in a range of sectors, from C-suite level training and strategy development, to executing on those strategies and delivering diverse and inclusive hiring programmes. 
 
We’re honoured to have been awarded the National Equality Standard (NES), one of the UK’s most rigorous and prestigious accreditations for diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Several factors have contributed to increased activity in DE&I. Recent tragedies in LGBTQ+, Black and Asian communities have fuelled growing concern from employees regarding a lack of real action from leaders. 
 
An evolving market and persistent skills shortages are also encouraging organisations to think beyond traditional sourcing and attraction strategies. There is a need to engage the widest possible talent network to meet an ever-growing demand for critical skills, promote innovation and outperform competitors. 

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