Pertemps Recruitment Partnership is the market leader in recruitment across a wide range of industry sectors, supplying temporary and permanent staff to thousands of organisations across the UK.

People are our business, therefore there are sound commercial reasons why it is critical for us that our employees, clients and candidates fully understand the benefits of a diverse workforce.

We currently have robust policies and practices on equal opportunities and diversity. Our employee and candidate selection process is based on personal competencies, relevant experience, qualifications and the specific work related requirements of the job.

Consequently our diversity policy is three-fold, focussing on the needs of our employees, our clients and our candidates.

Employee focus

We are keen to ensure that our representation of ethnic minorities working both for us and through us is reflective of the community as our continued success as an organisation is also dependent on our understanding and delivering on the differing needs of the community in which we operate.

As an organisation we work to ensure that all our employees maximise their potential and their contribution to the company by valuing the differences between individuals and the different qualities they bring to their jobs. This leads to the development of a more rewarding and productive environment where employee morale increases, attrition decreases ultimately resulting in a positive effect on the company’s bottom line.

Client and Candidate focus

We ensure clients are selecting their staff on competencies and help them understand that a culturally diverse workforce will give them increased flexibility, efficiency and productivity. We also help clients comply with UK and European legislation.

Our clients look to us to advise them on diversity and to provide them with a more multi-cultural work force and often struggle to attract ethnic minority talent to meet their own diversity requirements.

Across Pertemps' 200+ operations in the UK we aim to be fully representative of the UK population. We need to recruit people from all possible sources in order to anticipate clients’ needs and stay ahead of the competition.

Additionally, by addressing diversity issues we increase our positive profile in the wider community. This increased focus on diversity enhances both our corporate reputation and our employer brand, which allows us to compete as an employer of choice.

Recruitment Employment Federation, Diversity Pledge 2006