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Black History Month and the Art of Black Hair

By Shenelle ThompsonAugust 30, 2022September 5, 2024DE&I

“I joined Cedar in 2012, having previously worked for a much smaller company. At the time I joined, I was the only Afro-Caribbean person in the business, although in the…

Show me the Money!!!

By Chris MorrisonAugust 25, 2022September 5, 2024Finance

As the UK teeters on the brink of the recession precipice, the most commonly used phrase Cedar’s recruitment consultants hear these days is, “What with everything that’s going on…”. A…

Employers are getting very choosy… A review of the recently-qualified accountancy & finance jobs market

By David MendoncaJune 1, 2022July 1, 2024Finance

The recruitment market and the economy more generally have had a lot of exogenous shocks over the last few years is, I can say without fear of contradiction, an understatement….

London Pride

By Cameron McBeanMay 31, 2022September 5, 2024DE&I

In June 1970, up to 20,000 people gathered for what was then called a Gay Liberation march in New York. Although the battle for gay rights in the USA can…

DE&I at Cedar – a work in progress

By Simon LythgoeApril 19, 2022September 5, 2024DE&I

If you read our previous blog, ‘The Long March to Equality’, examining the rise of DE&I within recruitment, you may have been surprised, as we were, at how far the…

The long march to equality

By Simon LythgoeApril 3, 2022September 5, 2024DE&I

The oldest person who works at Cedar can remember when airlines advertised for male pilots and female air-hostesses. In Northern Ireland at that time, recruitment consultants used to draw up…