Nov 28, 2023 Our Talent Lab Associates share their journeys By Laura Kimber Last week we officially launched our Talent Lab Associate Community. It offers the cohorts that have been through our skilling programs...
Nov 23, 2023 A diverse workforce can give your business a competitive advantage, drive innovation and success. By Anna Crowe At first the idea of championing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the workplace as anything other than a social responsibility...
Nov 21, 2023 Introducing AMS Talent Lab Associate Community! By Laura Kimber As the world of work and hiring landscape changes at rapid pace, the one thing that we know to be true is that finding untapped talent,...
Nov 14, 2023 Does hiring for “cultural fit” impact workplace diversity and stifle innovation? By Anna Crowe I was in a meeting with a customer recently and the topic of culture fit came up. We were discussing the quality of candidates for an...
Nov 08, 2023 Accent Bias: Could we be excluding talent because of how they speak? By Anna Crowe When the Sutton Trust released their Speaking Up: Accents and social mobility report last year, their research stated that accent had...
Nov 06, 2023 Social Mobility - how do we ensure that UK Inc remains focused? By Paul Modley Last week we confirmed that we were successful in being included in the Social Mobility Foundation Employers Index. We were delighted to...
Oct 31, 2023 Should ‘class’ be protected under the Equality Act? By Anna Crowe I read an interesting article in the Financial Times last week by Nick Bent, Chief Executive of UpReach, a Social Mobility charity. In...
Sep 26, 2023 Operationalising AI for Talent Acquisition in the Public Sector By Matthew Chase Earlier this summer AMS continued their “Exploding Digital Myths” series with a final article on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology,...
Jun 14, 2023 Want to hear from the experts around Social Mobility? By Paul Modley Along with Be Kaley, I co-chair the APSCo Embrace Forum, which aims to bring a focus to DEI to APSCO members. On 29th June we are holding...
May 30, 2023 Social Mobility - why it matters to us? By Paul Modley There is plenty of compelling evidence indicating that the most disadvantaged in the UK are less likely to progress through the career...
Apr 05, 2023 I’ll lose my talent acquisition employees to digital transformation… By Matthew Chase In Myth 4 of the AMS Whitepaper “Exploding Digital Myths in Talent Acquisition”, AMS experts discuss the effect of digital transformation...
Feb 20, 2023 Today we celebrate World Day of Social Justice By Paul Modley Today marks World Day of Social Justice - a United Nations event and this year's theme is "Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing...
Feb 20, 2023 Narrowing the tech skills gap with Recruit Train Deploy By Matthew Chase Over the last decade in the tech market, we have all witnessed these accentuating themes; a widening global tech skills gap, rapidly...
Jan 27, 2023 Skills-Based Employment Can Help To Find “Invisible Workers” By Paul Modley Reading the article linked below really resonated with me. Many organisations in the last 12 months have struggled to find the talent...
Dec 14, 2022 The UK needs to talk about why social mobility and social value matter By Anna Crowe We recently received the fantastic news that AMS have been recognised as one of the Top 75 employers in this year’s Social Mobility...
Dec 08, 2022 Broadening access to skills to compete in the war for talent By Anna Crowe An interesting article in Personnel Today released this week about the War for Talent which highlights some of the specific challenges...