MRG COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY & DIVERSITY
Advertising
Adverts can include specific sign off’s that encourage applications from specific sections of the community where they are under-represented. We discuss this with the client and agree before publishing any adverts. For example, our last 20 recruitment campaigns for UCL have included Positive Action Statements in support of the University’s campaign to increase diversity and our adverts use the following ‘We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at these levels’. For several posts within the Kingston University Estates Team we advertised (online and in print media) the statement ‘We will consider applications from returners to work and requests for flexible working to encourage applicants with family commitments to apply’.
All MRG adverts comply with current anti- discrimination legislation and are carefully worded to ensure that they are not written in a way that stereotypes or encourages people to believe that the position is only suitable for certain groups of people. Unless requested we advertise all of our vacancies online with leading job boards, specialist journals and national newspapers (or their online equivalent). This ensures we can attract candidates from the widest pool available and gives fair accessibility. Consideration should also be given to which media is used for advertising in order to ensure that applications from some sections of the community are not excluded or limited. We are also able to broadcast to a more diverse audience by using specialist job boards such as diversity jobsite.co.uk which gives access to further niche sites such as ethnic jobsite, disability jobsite, Asian jobsite and disability network.
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