Official Certification Mark
Welcome to the official home of the Licence to Recruit!
'Certification Mark for Inclusion & Diversity within Recruitment Practices'
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The 'Licence to Recruit'
The 'Licence to Recruit'
The 'Licence to Recruit'
Welcome to the official home of the 'Licence to Recruit'.
Licence to Recruit is an official 'Certification Mark' granted by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is our top priority.
The 'Licence to Hire'
The 'Licence to Recruit'
The 'Licence to Recruit'
The 'Licence to Hire' answers one of the big questions
"Are the people who are making the hiring decisions, confident and capable?"
Hiring managers are the often forgotten missing link, when ensuring diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
The 'Licence to Lead'
The 'Licence to Recruit'
The 'Licence to Invest'
Using our positive psychology approach we have designed an industry leading leadership and management programme.
'The Licence to Lead' Helping clients improve diversity and inclusion through inspiring, credible & authentic leadership.
The 'Licence to Invest'
The 'Licence to Procure'
The 'Licence to Invest'
Investor groups, funds and VC's are all a critical piece of the Inclusion and Diversity puzzle.
With their power and influence, investment communities are in a position to lead by example and drive real structural change!
We support investors by working with their teams to deliver better commercial results through best-practice DE&I.
The 'Licence to Procure'
The 'Licence to Procure'
The 'Licence to Procure'
DE&I also needs to be driven from within the supply chain as well as the individual organisational performance.
We support clients to ensure their supply chain reflects their standards and values.
More and more clients want to see social-value represented in bids & BD.
The Inclusion Academy
The 'Licence to Procure'
The 'Licence to Procure'
Please don't talk to us about unconscious bias training (we just hear ism's). UB training is a small part of the overall solution.
Our approach uses real-life lived experiences and human-to-human connections that create the motivation for change.
The Inclusion Academy is packed with resources, videos, live communities and tool-kits.
Supervision of the Certification Mark
Inclusion Industry Standard - Strict Controls
The Licence to Recruit Certification Mark is awarded to Individuals when the following criteria are met:
- Completion of a training course comprising of 10 core-modules (classroom or virtual delivery)
- Production of a written essay, based on the practical application of theory (uploaded via an online portal)
- Passing an online examination (50 randomised questions selected from the 10 core-modules)
- Mandatory Annual refresher training, to maintain current best practice standards
The Licence to Recruit Certification Mark is only awarded to Organisations when the following criteria is met:
- A self-assessment disclosure of current Inclusion and Diversity performance
- Submission of physical evidence to support the answers provided in the organisations self-assessment (uploaded via online portal)
- 70% of internal recruitment staff have completed (or) are in the process of completing the Licence to Recruit programme for Individuals
- Production of an improvement strategy based on the results from the self-assessment and physical evidence score
- Statement of Intent sent to all recruitment suppliers / recruitment providers within the organisations supply-chain