We're here to help you build a better workplace.
Here at Lightning we are the only travel recruitment agency to offer HR services too, thanks to being powered by HR icons Cape Consulting and our exited founder turned recruitment consultant Thea, is a well known ED&I activist - we have you covered.
We don't just want to fill your vacancies (although please do send us them ;-) ) We also want to help you futureproof your business, make positive changes to support and retain current employees and get to know your long term goals so we can support you with them.
Gone are the days of just filling roles, if someone is leaving, we want to understand why - if a current team member is overwhelmed but you don't know how to support, ask us. We're truly here to help and value long term relationships.
We believe you should be the change you want to see.
Our brand purpose underpins everything we do here at Lightning, but we don’t just talk the talk. We know actions speak louder than words – so here’s what we’re doing about it.
We’re a Living Wage Foundation employer. Underpaying employees (or, worse, offering unpaid internships) harms social equality because it favours those from wealthier backgrounds. That’s why we commit to paying our team at least £25k (the London Living Wage) and we don’t work on roles that pay less.
We publish salary brackets for all roles. Salary secrecy fuels pay inequality, which disproportionately affects marginalised groups. Unlike other recruiters, we publish salary brackets for ALL our jobs.
We offer accessible, inclusive career guidance in our Lightning Lounge. We want to help every candidate achieve their potential, whatever their industry, age, race, gender, sexuality, or class. To make career (and life) guidance accessible for everyone, we hold free, weekly one-to-one video chats offering CV workshops, job advice, industry insights, or even just a safe space and motivational boost.
We’re a QueerAF Lifetime Member. QueerAF supports, mentors and builds the resilience of queer creatives to get their first commissions and kickstart their media career. As a lifetime member, we’ve helped kickstart this community-interest company and support a weekly newsletter to amplify queer content – all without the need for adverts. So they can tell stories because they matter to the community, not for clicks.
We’re an expert for The Conscious Travel Foundation. The Conscious Travel Foundation is a community for like-minded travel professionals to share ideas and foster new relationships, providing essential resources and access to some of the most forward-thinking minds in sustainable travel – so that, together, we can take manageable, measurable and achievable progress towards a greener, more inclusive, more conscious travel industry.
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