The Stonewall Lesbian & Gay Recruitment Guide 2008/09

Stonewall is pleased to announce the launch of the fourth edition of Starting Out, Britain’s only national recruitment guide for lesbian and gay graduates and jobseekers.

The 2008/09 edition of Stonewall’s lesbian and gay recruitment guide is filled with interview tips, advice for jobseekers and 325 gay-friendly employers.  Designed for discerning graduates and job-seekers, it’s targeted at the 150,000 lesbian, gay and bisexual students in Britain.

To view a copy of the 08/09 guide in PDF format, please click  here.

Ben Summerskill, Stonewall Chief Executive, said: ‘Attracting and retaining the very best staff, regardless of background, is now a fundamental part of business strategy for British companies wanting to remain market leaders, and public sector organisations striving to provide world-class public services.’

20,000 hard copies of Starting Out are being distributed to Students’ Unions, University Careers Services, Employment Agencies and University Lesbian and Gay Societies and secondary schools across Britain.

The guide has once again been sponsored by Credit Suisse. Anita Harper, EMEA Co-Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Credit Suisse, said she was delighted at the partnership: ‘Credit Suisse has a strong Diversity and Inclusion programme and actively fosters a positive working environment for its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender staff.’

Kamran Ansari, President of the University of London Union (who hosted the launch of the guide in Oct 2008), said: ‘Starting Out showcases those employers who work hard to develop and maintain a culture in which differing abilities and backgrounds are fostered and valued in the workplace. Equality is at the heart of many of our campaigns and we welcome the chance to work alongside organisations such as Stonewall.’

‘The guide aims to connect graduates and job seekers with progressive employers who value people for their difference and the talents they bring,’ said David Shields, Director of Workplace Programmes at Stonewall. ‘All employers are members of our Diversity Champions programme representing a wide range of careers. Being in the guide speaks volumes of their commitment to equality which, in turn, is a key factor for discerning job seekers in making their career choices.’

New entries in this year’s guide include those from Rockpools, ITV and Thomson Reuters, The Law Society of England and Wales, NHS Employers and the Army, which now results in the inclusion of all three armed forces.

Natasha Gamble, an MA student at the University of London, said: ‘I feel that Starting Out is essential for all graduates and job seekers in identifying employers who understand equality and diversity. This is important as it ensures that your skills and experience will be valued, regardless of background, in a supportive and safe environment. I have found this can have a great impact on the way you feel within your job and supports you in achieving your potential.’

Who are the employers in Stonewall’s Recruitment Guide?

All the employers featured in Starting Out are members of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme, and have committed to working with Stonewall to make sure their workplaces are gay-friendly.
Some of the things they have committed to achieving are:

• Providing equal benefits for same sex couples
• Setting up employee network groups or other support systems for LGB staff
• Telling all their staff that gay people are welcome
• Reminding all staff that homophobia has no place in the workplace

Take a look and see if your prospective or existing employer is in our Recruitment Guide.  If they’re not, ask them why. You are entitled to protection and equal treatment at work – and the best employers want to attract the best people, so speak up!

If you are a student and would like to know more about the guide, or if you are an organisation which would like to become a Diversity Champion and feature in next year’s Recruitment Guide, please ring the Workplace team on 020 7593 1868. Alternatively email recruitmentguide@stonewall.org.uk.

Not a member of Diversity Champions?

To feature in the Recruitment Guide for 2009/10, and benefit from the UK's only employer's forum on sexual orientation issues click here.

If you have any questions about the Recruitment Guide please contact Dave Small on 020 7593 1883 or Madeline Lasko on 020 7593 1866.

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Download the Stonewall Recruitment Guide 2008/09

As our 2008/09 Recruitment Guide is a large electronic file, we've split it into the sections below for easier viewing and downloading. Each section's contents are listed to help you more quickly find a section or employer you may be looking for specifically – just click on the pink link. To make it viewable online, this version is low resolution, so you will find that some images appear less clear than others. If you'd prefer to have a hard copy of our guide, please email recruitmentguide@stonewall.org.uk.

 Pages 1 - 15

1 Front Cover
2 Sponsor ad - Credit Suisse
3 Title Page
4 Information and Credits
5 Introduction from Ben Summerskill, Chief Executive of Stonewall
6 Staying Out? Message from the NUS
7 Message from ULU President, Kamran Ansari
8 Message from sponsor Credit Suisse
9 Time to Take a Leap: Message from Sarah Weir, London 2012
 10-11 Getting It: Careers Adviser Sean Russell on interview tips and coming out at work
12 WEI: What’s all that about? (Workplace Equality Index)
13 Stonewall Diversity Champions
14 Stonewall’s Top 10 Tips on getting the right job for you
15 Stonewall’s Information Service

Pages 16-35

 16 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust
17 Aberdeen City Council
18-19 Accenture
20 Addleshaw Goddard
21 Affinity Sutton
22-23 Allen & Overy LLP
24 Alliance & Leicester
25 American Express
26 Anglia Ruskin University
27 Aon
28 Army
29 Arts Council England
30-31 Ashurst LLP
32 Audit Commission
33 The Avenues Trust
34 Aviva Plc
35 Avon & Somerset Probation Area

Pages 36-55

36 Avon Fire & Rescue Service
37 B & Q
38-39 Baker & McKenzie LLP
40 Bank of America
41 Bank of England
 42-43 Barclays
44 Barclays Capital
45 Barclays Wealth
46 Barnardo's
47 Bath & North East Somerset Council
48 Bath Spa University
49 BBC
50 Bedfordshire Police
51 Berneslai Homes
52 BERR (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
53 Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
54 Bevan Brittan LLP
55 BFI (British Film Institute)

Pages 56-75

56-57 Birmingham City Council
58 Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
59 Blackpool and the Fylde College
60 Blackpool Coastal Housing Ltd
61 Blackpool Council
62-63 BP
64 Bournemouth Borough Council
65 Brighton & Hove City Council
66 Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals Nhs Trust
67 Bristol City Council
68 Britannia Building Society
69 British Airways Plc
70 British Council
71 British Transport Police
72-73 BT
74 Bury Council
75 Cabinet Office

Pages 76-95

76 Cambridge City Council
77 Cambridgeshire County Council
78 Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
79 Cardiff University
80 Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service
81 Central Scotland Police
82 Centre for Excellence in Leadership
83 Channel 4 Television
84 Charity Commission for England and Wales
85 Chelmsford Borough Council
86 Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
87 Cheshire Constabulary
88 Citi
89 Citizens Advice
90 The City of Edinburgh Council
91 The City of London Police
92 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
93 Cleveland Fire Brigade
94-95 Clifford Chance

Pages 96-115

96-97 Clydesdale Bank Plc
98 Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd
99 Communities and Local Government
100-101 Commission for Social Care Inspection
102 The Conservative Party
103 The Co-operative
104 The Co-operative Financial Services
105 Coventry University
106-107 Credit Suisse
108-109 Crown Prosecution Service
110 Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
111 Deloitte
112 Department for Children, Schools and Families
113 Department for Culture, Media and Sport
114 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
115 Department for Transport

Pages 116-135

116 Department for Work and Pensions
117 Department of Health
118-119 Deutsche Bank
120 Derbyshire County Council
121 Devon County Council
122 Dewey & LeBoeuf
123 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
124 Driving Standards Agency
125 Dunedin Canmore Group
126 East Ayrshire Council
127 East Lothian Council
128 East Sussex County Council
129 East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service
130 Eastlands Homes
131 English National Ballet
132 Enterprisemouchel
133 Environment Agency
134-135 Ernst & Young

Pages 136-155

136 Equality and Human Rights Commission
137 Essex County Fire & Rescue Service
138 Essex Police
139 Eversheds LLP
140 Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
141 First Scotrail Limited
142 Ford Motor Company Limited
143 Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)
144 Forth Valley College
145 Foster Care Associates
146-147 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
148 Gentoo Group
149 Glasgow Caledonian University
150-151 GlaxoSmithKline
152-153 Gloucestershire County Council
154 Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service
155 Google

Pages 156-175

156-157 Goldman Sachs
158 Grampian Fire and Rescue Service
159 Grampian Police
160 Greater London Authority
161 Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
162 Greater Manchester Police
163 Heddlu Gwent Police
164 Hackney Council
165 Hampshire Constabulary
166 Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
167 HBOS plc
168 Health and Safety Executive
169 Herefordshire Council
170-171 Herbert Smith LLP
172 Heritage Care
173 Hertfordshire Constabulary
174 Hertfordshire County Council
175 Hewlett Packard Ltd

Pages 176-195

176 HM Home Office
177 HM Revenue & Customs
178-179 HM Prison Service
180 Homes For Islington
181 Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust
182-183 HSBC Bank plc
184 IBM
185 Identity & Passport Service
186 Imperial College London
187 ITV plc
188-189 JPMorgan
190 K & L Gates LLP
191 Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust
192-193 Kent County Council
194 Kent Fire & Rescue Service
195 Kent Police

Pages 196-215

196 Kier Building Maintenance
197 King's College London
198-199 KPMG LLP
200 Knowsley Housing Trust
201 The Labour Party
202 Lancashire Constabulary
203 Land Registry
204-205 The Law Society of England and Wales
206 Leeds City Council
207 Leeds Metropolitan University
208-209 Lehman Brothers
210 Leicestershire Constabulary
211 Leicestershire County Council
212-213 Linklaters
214 Lester Aldridge LLP
215 Liverpool City Council

Pages 216-235

216 Liverpool John Moores University
217 Liverpool Primary Care Trust
218 Lloyds TSB
219 London 2012
220 London Borough of Havering
221 London Borough of Lambeth
222 London Borough of Newham
223 London Borough of Sutton
224 London Borough of Tower Hamlets
225 London Borough of Waltham Forest
226 London Business School
227 London Development Agency
228 London Fire Brigade
229 Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service
230 Lothian and Borders Police
231 Loughborough University
232 Lovells LLP
233 Luton Borough Council
234 Mi5 – The Security Service
235 Manchester City Council

Pages 236-255

236-237 Mayer Brown International LLP
238-239 Merrill Lynch
240 Mersey Care NHS Trust
241 Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service
242 Merseyside Police
243 Metropolitan Police Service
244-245 Metropolitan Housing Partnership
246 Millivres Prowler Group
247 Ministry of Defence
248 Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency
249 Ministry of Justice
250-251 Morgan Stanley
252 Microsoft
253 Nacro
254-255 Nabarro LLP

Pages 256-275

256 National Assembly for Wales Commission
257 National Audit Office
258 National Grid
259 National Housing Federation
260 Nationwide Building Society
261 Newcastle City Council
262 Newham College of Further Education
263 NHS 24
264 NHS Employers
265 NHS Highland
266 NHS Lothian
267 NHS National Services Scotland
268 NHS North East
269 NHS Shetland
270 NHS Tayside
271 Nike (UK) Ltd
272 Nomura
273 Northamptonshire Police
274 Northern Constabulary
275 Northern Ireland Office

Pages 276-295

276 Northwards Housing
277 Norton Rose Group
278 Notting Hill Housing
279 Nottinghamshire County Council
280 NSPCC
281 Ofcom
282 Olswang
283 The Open University
284 Pearson Plc
285 Pepsico UK & Ireland
286 Perth and Kinross Council
287 Pfizer Ltd
288-289 Pinsent Masons LLP
290-291 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
292-293 Procter & Gamble UK & Ireland
294 Portsmouth City Council
295 Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

Pages 296-315

296 Reed Smith
297 Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
298 Rockpools
299 Rolls-Royce plc
300-301 Royal Air Force
302-303 Royal Bank of Scotland
304 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
305 Royal College of Nursing
306-307 Royal Navy
308 Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
309 Russell Jones and Walker
310 Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
311 Scottish Court Service
312 Scottish Government
313 Scottish Prison Service
314 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
315 Serious Fraud Office

Pages 316-335

316 Serious Organised Crime Agency
317 Shaw Trust
318-319 Shell
320 Sheffield City Council
321 Shropshire County Council
322-323 Shepherds Bush Housing Group
324-325 Simmons & Simmons
326-327 SJ Berwin
328 Skillset Sector Skills Council
229 Sky
330 Slaughter and May
331 South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
332-333 South Wales Fire & Rescue Service
334 South Wales Police
335 South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue

Pages 336-355

336 Southdown Housing Association
337 St Andrew’s Healthcare
338 St Mungo's
339 Staffordshire Police
340 Standard Life
341 Stoke-on-Trent City Council
342-343 Stonewall
344 Strathclyde Fire & Rescue
345 Suffolk Constabulary
346 Suffolk County Council
347 Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
348 Sussex Partnership NHS Trust
349 Swindon Borough Council
350 Tayside Fire and Rescue
351 Tesco Stores Limited
352 Thames Valley Police
353 Thomson Reuters
254 Time Warner
355 Tower Hamlets Primary Care NHS Trust

Pages 356-375

356 Transport for London
357 Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service
358-359 UBS
360 UK Sport
361 UCL (University College London)
362 University of Birmingham
363 University of Cambridge
364 University of East London
365 University of Glasgow
366 University of Salford
367 University of Sunderland
368 University of Wolverhampton
369 University of Worcester
370 Victim Support
371 Wales & West Housing Association
372-373 Walsall Council
374 Wandle Housing Association
375 Warwickshire County Council

Pages 376-389

376 Warwickshire Police
377 Welsh Assembly Government
378-379 Weil, Gotshal & Manges
380 West Lothian Council
381 West Mercia Constabulary
382 West Midlands Police
383 West Sussex County Council
384 West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service
385 West Yorkshire Police
386 Westminster City Council
387 Yorkshire Bank
388 Your Homes Newcastle
389 Index Cover

Pages 390-396

390-394 Index
395 Inside back cover - Deloitte
395 Back cover

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