Why it matters

People fuel all business progress. The right person in the right role can change lives and transform organisations for the better. However, we realise that not everyone has the same opportunities to enter the workforce and, once in employment, succeed.

Organisations are in a unique and privileged position to make a difference, harnessing the skills and resources they have to ‘give back and pass forward’. At Hays, we want to use our expertise to improve the employability of people who may not have started with the same opportunities as others.

By helping people to better realise their potential, unlock new opportunities and enhance their prospects, individuals can thrive. Organisations also benefit from supporting, recruiting and retaining a diverse range of talent. Research shows that teams consisting of varied backgrounds and cultures ‘work smarter’, offering new insights and innovative solutions.

Our commitment to communities

For many years, Hays’ employees across the globe have been giving their time and raising funds to help good causes and support people in the communities in which we operate.

The Working for your tomorrow programme is the next stage in our commitment to people. Helping for your tomorrow brings a stronger focus to the excellent work already undertaken, harnessing and aligning our collective efforts with our Purpose. Working collectively across all areas of a company, with the resources and skills of all stakeholders, offers greater possibility to make a difference than when working alone.

Giving power to our people

Recognising the passion of our teams, and the important role our employees play in helping to realise Helping for your tomorrow, we have empowered every Hays’ employee to take one paid Volunteering Day each year to help with causes aligned to Helping for your tomorrow. This equates to a possible 10,000+ days of time per year that Hays is giving back to the societies in which we are based.

To support communities across all of our regions, we have linked our support to four of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), which are globally recognised as key areas to address. These are Quality Education, Gender Equality, Decent Work and Reducing Inequalities.

The seven areas of society in which we will focus our volunteering and charitable efforts are:

These sectors of society have been chosen because it is evidenced that their members find it harder to get into the workforce and to progress in their careers and that, as a result, companies and economies miss out on the benefit of their talent. 

We believe that by helping those less advantaged into the workplace, we are not only improving the economies in which we operate, but the people we help are potentially our future clients, employees, suppliers and shareholders and the consumers of our services who will contribute to our future business success. By operating sustainably and responsibly, we also protect the communities in which we are based and our environment for future Hays’ generations.