Be the best you can be this year by becoming a more inclusive organisation – and then watch your business grow. There is a whole waiting workforce among our refugee population. By unlocking it, you will unlock a wealth of skills and talent that will help your business prosper and grow.

The good news is, that it is no different to hiring any other person. You just need some new knowledge and skills to make sure your recruitment process is as inclusive as possible. That’s why we have created the Refugee Recruitment Toolkit. It is a free learning programme designed and written by The Launchpad Collective (TLC). The team has used its experience of living as and working with refugees to demystify the process for you. It takes less than an hour and will give you the skills and confidence to become a more diverse organisation. Visit our website to access the course.

With over 1 million unfilled vacancies, recruiting refugees presents a huge opportunity for UK businesses that are struggling to operate at full capacity and cope with spiralling inflation.

The good news is that there is a highly motivated workforce in waiting:

• Research shows that two in every three refugees arriving in the UK were either employed, self-employed or in full-time study before coming here.
• Many are skilled professionals and/or highly-educated graduates.
• The challenge is unlocking this talent, we are here to help.

We know that refugee job seekers struggle with recruitment processes and accessing employment opportunities, and that businesses struggle to reach and recruit from this untapped pool of talent – so our services bring the two together.

TLC set up in 2020 to challenge the systems and inequalities that lead to refugee talent being wasted, obstructed and overlooked, our trail-blazing initiatives in this area are designed by refugees for refugees. TLC is a non-profit organisation supporting people from refugee backgrounds into employment, across the full spectrum of skillsets and industry sectors.

Steered by refugees, for refugees, TLC forges lasting relationships between employers and talented refugees. Businesses are supported to become refugee-friendly, whilst refugees are empowered to unlock their potential through our training and learning packages.

We work as a collective with all our services co-created by people from refugee backgrounds.  We already have six paid core team members and our goal is for TLC to be managed entirely by people with direct lived experience.

In partnership with the City & Guilds Foundation we work together to change the face of refugee employment. To date we have supported over 500 job seekers across a huge variety of services.

Greater diversity brings new voices, experiences and perspectives to your team so you can maximise new opportunities. It will also make you more attractive to customers and future talent.

To access our free resource to help your business be the best it can be, click here and we will send you the link so you can get started straight away.

 

You can connect with TLC on Instagram or email Summerly Devito (she/her), Director & Cofounder of The Launchpad Collective at summerly@wearetlc.org.uk.