The UK's first National Hiring Strategy.
In 2025, the Better Hiring Institute launched the UK's first ever National Hiring Strategy in Parliament, setting out a national mission to make hiring faster, fairer and safer.
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Launched in Parliament with cross-sector support.
The launch was supported by Shadow Minister Viscount Camrose, Lee Barron MP and Lord Clement-Jones, with a Foreword by Lord Ranger.
Parliamentary launchA national Strategy launch bringing together policymakers, parliamentarians and hiring leaders.
Industry and policy supportSupported by senior voices across Parliament, industry and the Better Hiring Institute network.
Faster, fairer and safer hiringThe launch set out a practical reform mission for better hiring across the UK.
Broken hiring costs the UK economy billions.
The Strategy found that the cost of broken hiring to the UK is £75bn, demonstrating the scale of the opportunity for reform across employers, government, technology providers and the wider labour market.
It outlines practical recommendations to transform how the UK hires, with a focus on speed, fairness, safety and confidence across the hiring journey.
A practical roadmap for better hiring.
The Strategy covers areas as diverse as skills, technology, policy change and credentials as part of the mission to make UK hiring faster, fairer and safer.
Helping hiring systems recognise skills and widen access to opportunity.
Supporting responsible use of hiring technology and RecTech innovation.
Connecting practical hiring evidence with national employment discussion.
Building confidence through trusted standards, schemes and metrics.
Building the ecosystem for faster, fairer and safer hiring.
The Strategy announced the need for national infrastructure to support better hiring practice across the UK.
The Better Hiring Charter contains 10 principles that serve as the bedrock for all our better hiring standards.
Read the Charter →The Strategy identified the need for the first ever set of National Hiring Metrics, jointly launched in the House of Lords.
Access the metrics →The Strategy supports an ecosystem of standards schemes, starting with the Better Hirer programme.
Explore Better Hirer →The Strategy called for a technology roadmap to support the future of hiring, bringing together RecTech organisations.
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