My name is Michael Illert and I am the lead Partner of the SR Group for Continental Europe. I have been out all my professional career and most importantly, my partner Kory and I are proud dads of two lovely boys. In my day-to-day professional life I constantly meet new people, whether as candidates, clients or prospective employees. A key to being successful is to be authen...

I came out in my mid-20s after almost ten years of hiding my sexual orientation from friends and family so by the time I started working in a corporate environment I found it very comfortable being my authentic self. I was fortunate to join an inclusive organisation that valued diversity but it was still a little nerve-racking to go through the process of outing myself to my...

One of the many benefits about working at The SR Group is our annual summer party. Employess from our London office were joined by their European colleagues from all brands. This year’s event didn’t disappoint thanks to our amazing social committee. Thank you to Videye Media for creating this amazing video and to Savage Garden for being a great host. Watch the highlights fro...

The SR Group is proud to announce a new global partnership with myGwork, an award winning business community for LGBTQ+ professionals, inclusive organisations and anyone who believes in workplace equality. myGwork helps to promote diversity and inclusion both in the workplace and beyond by offering its members a safe space where they can connect with inclusive employers, fin...

We are excited to celebrate #Pride2019 and wish everyone a #HappyPride Here is Michael Illert & Michael Jones talking about how The SR Group are getting involved this year.

The SR Group has been recognised as one of the ‘Most Socially Engaged staffing agencies’ globally by LinkedIn. We are pleased to announce that we have, for the third year since its inception, been ranked in the top 25 Most Socially Engaged global recruitment businesses. From a list of over 38,000 recruitment businesses LinkedIn used complex analysis to rank (irrespective of ...

In a lifetime, the average person will spend at least 90,000 hours working. Depressing? Not anymore. We set out to prove this seemingly paradoxical concept last week as a debut Wellness Week was rolled out in our London office. Employees at a tasting session with Healthy Nibbles a healthy vending and subscriptions snack business The world is evolving at an unprecedented pace...

How can volunteering enhance your career? We speak to the creator of the Frazer Jones Social Purpose Agenda, a charity we work with and our valued volunteer from the world of HR. The Scheme Creator Jo Major - Social Purpose Lead, Frazer Jones We wanted to evolve our social responsibility. Last year, having looked at how we could evolve our social responsibility programme and...

When advising in-house lawyers in relation to new job opportunities, we are frequently asked about the prospects for progression. This is rarely an easy question to answer, and this highlights the importance of in-house lawyers proactively managing this aspect of their career. There are several considerations to be mindful of. Taylor Root recently hosted a roundtable discuss...

The Crazy 5 in Five saw The SR Group employees, and some of our wonderful clients, running five half marathon distances for five consecutive days - all for charity, with donations split 50/50 to Sport Relief and our chosen corporate charity of the year, Anthony Nolan. We are a small company (350 worldwide), but we did something huge. This challenge was thought up and is bein...