ABOUT US

HAYS UK

Working for your tomorrow

 

 

So much more than a specialist recruitment business – we are a global workforce partner.

What sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding, and ability to innovate for our customers. By providing advice, insights, and expertise on today's issues in the fast-paced world of work, you can rely on us to deliver today and help you prepare for tomorrow.

                                                                                                                                                                     

People are at the heart of what we do. We partner with organisations across the UK to understand their unique business opportunities, providing bespoke talent and workforce solutions that leverage our local understanding and global scale.

Our global reach

21

specialisms

33

countries covered

56

years of experience

Team

11,000+

employees

Our values

It’s our values that ensure we’re always doing right by our customers, colleagues and society at large. We simply wouldn’t be where we are today without them – they guide our decisions, define our culture, and inspire us to keep improving.

  • Build partnerships

    Partnerships power what we can achieve. We take the time to listen and understand people’s needs and aspirations so that we can meet them. Collaboration and inclusivity are at the heart of our approach, creating solutions together, learning from each other and sharing our knowledge and experience. That’s what supports strong relationships and enables shared success.

  • Think beyond

    Our knowledge and ambition are what drive us forward. We challenge ourselves and our customers by bringing open, inquisitive minds that consider every angle and never settle for the status quo. We see the big picture today while we build a long-term perspective of tomorrow that anticipates change and enables us to be confident and agile with our advice. That’s what makes us experts.

  • Do the right thing

    We always act in the best interests of our candidates, our clients, our communities and each other. There is always more than one solution, and we want to find the right one every time, because every person and situation is different. We stand by our commitments, we keep our promises, and we treat everyone with the respect they deserve. That’s what earns trust.

Explore how we can power your growth

Looking for the right role for you?

We know that finding the right role at the right time takes careful consideration. As lifelong career partners, we're with you every step of the way, offering our expertise, up-to-date career advice, connections, and training to help you achieve your goals.

Whether you're seeking a job for now, a career change, or aiming to climb the career ladder, we provide an unmatched wealth of opportunities across various industries and professions. With our insights, market-leading salary checker, and strong employer relationships, we bring you roles that challenge and excite you.

Whatever your business ambition, we share it

Whether you need people to evolve your company or leaders to drive transformation, we offer specialist recruitment and workforce solutions, including permanent, temporary, and contract hiring, executive search, interim appointments, and outsourced solutions like RPO, MSP, and Total Workforce Solutions.

We partner with organisations and individuals to provide the knowledge, expertise, and innovation needed for a holistic workforce strategy. Your success is at the heart of our business.

Reaching carbon neutrality and our commitment to Net Zero

Hays Plc is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2030 (Scope 1, 2 and 3) and has launched multiple initiatives to deliver on this commitment. 
 

You can find out more about our carbon reduction plan and our commitment to net zero on our Hays plc site: 

  • Bronze award winner for Support Services (People and Places)

    Hays is a proud winner of the Bronze award for 'Support Services (People and Places)' as part of Britain’s Most Admired Companies 2023. 

    Demonstrating excellence in a number of categories, Hays was a criteria winner in the areas of quality of management, commitment to DE&I, effective corporate governance and quality of marketing. 

    Britain's Most Admired Companies study is the longest-running annual survey of corporate reputation in the UK with data across the FTSE 100 and 250 going back 33 years.

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    Project Flourish wins Social Value Award

    We were delighted to win the ‘Creating Capability’ award category at the Social Value Awards 2024, recognising the exciting work we’ve been doing as part of Project Flourish – helping to overcome barriers to work for young people facing homelessness.

    The award acknowledges our work in building skills and capacity to deliver social impact by broadening the knowledge of our internal teams, and by collaborating with, supporting and upskilling charitable organisations, potential employers and wider partner organisations.

  • Protecting worker rights

    Hays have partnered with JobsAware and are committed to fairness and transparency in the labour market. For free help and advice please visit the JobsAware website.

Be part of our team

At Hays, we believe in being long-term partners to our people as well as our customers. Hear stories from our team to learn more about a career at Hays.

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