We were delighted to have Amy Pirie, Senior HR Adviser at Laithwaites Wine/Direct Wines speak at the last C2S National Women’s Network. Lots of great insights and ideas from Amy as she shared their journey to becoming an employer of choice and being recognised in the Best Workplaces for Women listings.
UK’s Best Workplaces for Women 2022
Now in its fifth year, the 2022 list showcases the largest collection of Best Workplaces™ for Women that the UK has ever recognised. These organisations work hard to ensure people aren’t discriminated against, create fair access and advancement for all, and foster a sense of value and empowerment in employees.
Download the report find out how the UK’s Best Workplaces™️ for women are putting these principles into practice. Download the report: https://uk.greatplacetowork.co.uk/bww-2022-publication
Amy Pirie MSc CIPD
Senior HR Business Partner
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-pirie-nee-wilson-8151a291/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/direct-wines/
Watch the recording of the session:
Members and guests then had the opportunity to speak in small groups on tables and Amy joined them to answer questions and hear what they are doing in their own organisations.
Please join us for International Women’s Day 8th March at St Edwards School, Cheltenham: https://www.circle2success.com/events/international-womens-day-2023-in-person/
Other resources shared by members:
The Menopause Friendly Accreditation – check out the criteria and benchmark your organisation.
https://menopausefriendly.co.uk/
Alzheimer’s Society achieves Menopause Friendly Accreditation
Language Bias checker for job adverts
In a couple of the discussion we spoke about recruitment and diversity As promised, this is the article on gender language
https://www.totaljobs.com/recruiter-advice/how-to-identify-unconscious-gender-bias-in-job-adverts
and also a useful decoder tool which evaluates any text in terms of M/F score https://www.totaljobs.com/insidejob/gender-bias-decoder/
If you subscribe to the Men are From Mars, Women from Venus school of psychology then it makes some sense. As a general rule it might be useful to ask people to use the below checklist when they are converting job descriptions into attractive job advertisements
