Hero | Interim Professionals | MSP

Hero strives for an inclusive culture and labour market. For the success of our organisation, it is essential that employees are skilled — but also that they differ from one another in outlook, culture, knowledge and experience. These differences help us achieve our objectives and develop innovative solutions for clients. By diversity, we mean a balanced composition of the workforce based on age, gender, cultural or social background, competences, perspectives and working styles.

Objectives

• Promote diversity in the composition of the applicant pool
• Ensure that at least 10% of the IT candidate pool is female
• Ensure that at least 30% of the IT candidate pool has a non-Western migration background
• By 2026, facilitate the participation of at least 30 people with a greater distance to the labour market (25.5 hours p/w, approx. 15 FTE)

Implementation of diversity policy

Diversity is embedded in the intake of new employees, in the workplace and in opportunities for advancement.

A. Deploying assessments
Assessments are used to determine diversity-related indicators, in addition to individual qualities. Through these assessments, Hero gains insight into a candidate’s competences, personal qualities, background and perspectives.

B. Providing opportunities for people distant from the labour market
Through our HR Business Partner, we particularly mediate for IT professionals who have autism, are gifted, or for other reasons face challenges accessing the labour market. Our efforts include work-experience placements and permanent roles with clients. Our HR Business Partner supports both the professionals and the organisations in which they are placed.