About Robert Walters

Our vision is to be the world's most trusted talent solutions business delivering recruitment, recruitment outsourcing and talent advisory services around the globe.

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Our people are the difference. Find out more about what makes our people special and what it’s like to work for Robert Walters

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Why invest in Robert Walters?

Our vision is to be the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. We have a strong track record of growth, a highly diversified international footprint and are differentiated by the quality of our people. We are pursuing clear opportunities to strengthen our performance over the medium-term.

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Our ESG Strategy

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ESG at Robert Walters

Our ESG strategy is aligned to our purpose and to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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2024 ESG Report

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Engaging our workforce

Creating a work environment that engages, supports and empowers our people

Led by our purpose

Our purpose – powering people and organisations to fulfil their unique potential – underpins everything we do as a business and is why engaging our employees and building a great employee experience is so important to us. 

We’re committed to creating a work environment that allows our people to develop and thrive, together with a continuous learning culture that helps them to build meaningful and long-term careers with us, unlocking their unique potential. 

Our ambition is to be led by our purpose and ensure that it resonates with our employees and informs our company culture. By listening attentively to our employees, we aim to help them thrive – both personally and professionally.

 

Our key ESG targets and progress

Engaging our workforce

Target

80%
Of employees feel aligned to our company purpose

Progress

77%
Felt aligned to our company purpose in 2023

UN SDGs

  • Decent work and economic growth

Target

80%
Overall employee engagement score

Progress

77%
Employee engagement score in 2023

UN SDGs

  • Decent work and economic growth

 

 

Building successful, meaningful careers

People are at the heart of our business, and we know that investing in our people helps to drive our future success. We work hard to build a collaborative, team-based, high-performance culture where our people can build long-term careers with us. 

We’ve mapped career pathways for our people, based on a skills-first approach, to ensure our team members are not only supported in their current role but also given the tools to build their careers and progress with us, creating an agile workforce fit for the future.

We also launched a global performance and career conversation toolkit alongside our regional appraisal process which includes practical tools and templates to support managers to run robust performance reviews with their people.

Creating a culture of continuous learning

We know that by equipping our people with the skills and knowledge they need to excel in their roles, they will be set up to have successful and meaningful careers with us. To support this, we have an agile approach to learning, developing capabilities across all levels while ensuring leaders are offered bespoke development support to set them up for success and equip them to set the right tone and expectations for the teams they lead.

Our new online learning platform, The Learning Hub, leverages best-in-class technology to support the growth and development of all our people.

Actively listening to our people

In 2024, we continued to conduct our global employee engagement survey, partnering with employment engagement specialists Glint to provide the technology platform for the survey. This is now embedded as a bi-annual activity with an average of 83% percent of our people participating.

In 2024, 77% of our people told us they feel aligned to our company purpose. Our overall engagement score was 75% which is in line with the Glint industry benchmark, reflecting a comparable level to other companies in the professional services category globally. 

Wellbeing

We are committed to ensuring our people feel supported to be their best at work. Through our global network of wellbeing champions and mental health first aiders we have created a global network of our people to help drive key wellbeing initiatives at a global and local level, such as World Mental Health Day, to share resources and to provide input into local wellbeing strategies.

We’re focused on raising awareness around the mental health support pathways available to our people, as well as providing training to managers to ensure they have the skills to support the mental health of their teams.

See how we’re living our purpose

Powering people and organisations to fulfil their unique potential