The Adecco Group Continues to Lead the way as a Socially Responsible Business

IN RESPONSE TO THE MAJOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN UKRAINE, THE ADECCO GROUP ACTEDSETTING THE PRECEDENT FOR THE POTENTIAL DELIVERANCE OF SOCIAL VALUE BY A RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS. ONE MAJOR CONSIDERATION FOR REFUGEES AND THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN UPENDED IS: HOW DO YOU MAKE A LIVING, AND PERHAPS SUPPORT A FAMILY WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND YOUR CONTROL FORCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR JOB BEHIND?

Within a matter of days, Adecco created the ‘Jobs for Ukraine’ platform for any company looking to offer opportunities for displaced workers. The wider Group tasked an Adecco expert team of Ukrainian and English speakers with supporting candidates and connecting them with businesses. The service has no cost for companies or participants and the goal of the platform is to facilitate people and companies in contacting one another quickly without a full recruitment process. Having set up the platform, Adecco reached out to interested companies to join the initiative.

Jobs for Ukraine offers training modules, curriculum building, counselling and reskilling, CV advice, and a push towards businesses to provide training and reskilling for workers who, while experienced and competent, may need assistance performing their job in a new environment.

Because the Adecco Group has a presence in most of the countries west of Ukraine, it is exploring ways it can aid humanitarian organisations as they respond to the rapidly evolving situation on that nation’s borders. As a result of this presence, Adecco activated the World Employment Confederation to support the industry federations in countries in the region and have reached out to the directors of the global United Nations agencies most immediately affected to pledge it’s support.

Adecco’s goal is to do its part in creating an environment in which workers can get started on a healthy, productive, fulfilling future.

The response to Jobs for Ukraine has been overwhelmingly positive - more than 1,330 companies from around the world have signed up. In addition, applications have been made for jobs on the platform by more than 4,000 people who fled Ukraine and are starting new lives outside the country. The matching engine has already shared 13,140 CVs with companies offering positions. Nearly 700 refugees, and counting, have found new jobs thanks to the jobs platform. Thus far, more than 85% of applicants are women. Nearly 15% of them have administrative and customer service skills, while nearly 10% have skills in sales and trading.

Over the past year The Adecco Group has planned, in partnership with the Purpose Coalition, to create another platform directed at UK university students and recent graduates - ‘Project FindMyPurpose’. This unique platformwhich will be launching in early 2023 - is a pro-social mobility platform, with access provided to all Coalition members. The Project will bring together employers’ outreach work and bring opportunities directly to students at our member Universities.

In partnership with The Purpose Coalition, The Adecco Group are building a platform that for the first time brings purposedriven recruitment to life. The platform will be created with the input of students across member Universities alongside public and private sector leaders, that connects students and employers through an easy to use platform, with social purpose and equality of opportunity at its core.

The Adecco Group has longer-term plans in developing talent pools and upskilling young people for the future of work, attempting to address the long-term talent shortage by engaging students and young people from diverse backgrounds. Creating Brighter Futures is The Adecco Group’s UK and Ireland leading initiative in specialised and tailored programming to increase essential, employability and technical skills.

Already delivered to 14,250 students over the past two years it now aims to hit 50,000 skill building opportunities by 2025 with a specific strategic focus on social mobility cold spots. The Adecco Group is setting the standard for a socially responsible and aware purpose-led business.

Taking advantage of its expertise and standing, it is proactively making a difference, strategically supporting students, refugees and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds in improving their circumstances and futureswhile in-turn delivering value for businesses and organisations across the market.