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news01/12Rare takes 'Three Steps' to Hackney Empire
Almost 800 hundred parents, teachers and pupils packed into the famous Hackney Empire on Monday 23rd January for Hackney Trailblazers Countdown 2012. The event was organised by The Learning Trust to celebrate young people in Ha ... read more 01/12STOP PRESS: Civil Service programme bags Best Diversity Award (with Rare's help!)
Rare client, the UK Civil Service, has won a prestigious award for its diversity efforts in one of its schemes. The Fast Stream Summer Diversity Internship Programmeread more 01/12Google CodeF: delivering EMEA's next generation of female computer scientists
In Q4 2011 Google’s EMEA Diversity Team partnered with Rare to launch its groundbreaking CodeF programme to find, develop and recruit the next generation of female computer scientists. read more 01/12Rare research appears in The Guardian's all-new Diversity Hub
2012 began with a bang at Rare with an appearance in The Guardian. Our Research Executive, Naomi Kellman, was commissioned to write an advice piece for job applicants based on Rare’s latest research, ‘Class, Race and Gra ... read more 12/11Rare research class and race in graduate recruitment process
- Class, Race and Graduate Recruitment: Best Practices is the first study into isolate effects of race and class 11/11Rare appears on Sky News on BME economic opportunities
Diversity experts, Rare, were interviewed on Sky News on Thursday 24th November, following a speech given by Nick Clegg MP on the need to improve access to economic opportunities for members of ethnic minority groups. Fea ... read more 11/11Rare candidates meet Bank of England's Chief Economist
Eleven Rare candidates were given the unique opportunity to meet and question the Bank of England’s Chief Economist, Spencer Dale, at a breakfast briefing session in October. The session was organised by the Bank to promote it ... read more 11/11 A Rare meeting with the Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O'Donnell
Rare candidates had the chance to meet the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O’Donnell at an event organised jointly by the Civil Service and diversity experts, Rare. In the august setting of the Music R ... read more 11/11The official launch of careers guide 'Three Steps to Success'
Rare and City Year London in association with Profile Books held the official launch of the careers, CV and interview guide for young people, ‘Three Steps to Success’, on Tuesday 1st November. 'Three Steps to Success', w ... read more 11/11Hertfordshire Police take on Rare to increase ethnic minority officer numbers
Rare has been appointed by Hertfordshire Constabulary to drive the force’s initiative to attract greater numbers of police officers from ethnic minorities. Rare will be working with the Hertfordshire Constabulary to encou ... read more 10/11International news broadcasters clamour for Rare Director's view on post-Gaddafi Libya
Rare’s own Articles Programme Director for Rare's legal candidates, Elham Saudi, has appeared on several international news channels following the death of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya in October. Having initially appeare ... read more 10/11Global ambitions drive Allen & Overy's diversity work with Rare
Rare has been appointed by international law firm Allen & Overy to assist in strengthening the diversity element of its graduate recruitment campaign. 09/11Britain's best black students unveiled at Rare Rising Stars 2011
Peckham boy, Femi Fadugba, was crowned the UK’s best black student on Thursday 8th September by a panel of leading black Britons at the third annual read more 09/11New season, new hires, new office
With an ever expanding client list and even more top candidates to assist, the new recruitment season looks set to be our busiest to date. And to prepare for it, Rare has been working hard over the summer, expanding our team and moving to b ... read more 09/11Fountain Court and Rare raise the Bar
We are absolutely thrilled to announce our newest client, Fountain Court Chambers. 08/11Rare-Fishburn Hedges Intern blogs about experience
A snippet of Channon Zhangazha's first Grad Online blog entry reads: 'My first few days were spent researching the clients whose accounts I was placed on. I came across interesting concepts such as “nudge theory,” the id ... read more 07/11Rare's Chairman investigates phone hacking scandal
Rare's Chairman Sir David Bell has been named as one of the panel members who will conduct an inquiry into the recent phone hacking scandal that has dominated headlines in recent weeks. As the extent of the alleged phone hacking bec ... read more 06/11Rare Summer Intern Secures Economist Graduate Job
Back in January we announced that Rare was assisting The Economist Group in finding exceptional candidates for a new graduate programme. We are now thrilled to announce that former Rare Summer Intern James Kanimba has become one of the prog ... read more 05/11Fishburn Hedges and Rare launch ethnic minority summer internship programme
We are delighted to announce that we’ve teamed up with top communications firm Fishburn Hedges to create a summer internship programme for ethnic minority students and recent graduates. 05/11Rare's Rachel Kerr meets David Cameron
'I realised that this wasn't a hoax and I was actually about to step into 10 Downing Street when the security guard politely but firmly insisted I leave my Blackberry and all other electronic devices at the main entrance', recounts Rare's M ... read more 05/11Law Study Seminar Success
Following on from the success of last year's Law Study Seminar we were thrilled to invite a new cohort of Rare candidates to the Clifford Chance offices to find out how to get the most out of their degrees and how to perform as well as ... read more 04/11Rare is looking for a second Rare First graduate trainee
Since the start of 2011 Rare has added major new clients in Clifford Chance and Transport for London, has seen the successful completion of its first-ever Articles programme for legal candidates, and has enjoyed a record year with its publi ... read more 04/11Transport for London joins Rare's client list
We are thrilled to announce that Transport for London is the newest addition to Rare's growing client list. Transport for London becomes the third organisation so far ... read more 03/11Clifford Chance joins Rare's client list
We are thrilled to announce that Clifford Chance has become the latest addition to Rare’s client list. This Magic Circle City law firm considers talent to be one of i ... read more
03/11City Year London joins Rare's client list
We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with youth volunteering charity City Year London as their official Recruitment Partner. 02/11Successful end to Articles programme
From the first one-on-one session last September to the final group session at the beginning of this month, candidates who participated in Rare's new Articles programme were put through their paces. 01/11The Economist Group launches brand new graduate programme
The Economist Group has launched a new programme for graduates of exceptional calibre. 01/11New Year, New Opportunities!
We are excited to kick start 2011 with some fantastic opportunities for our candidates. 12/10Revealed: What Top Ethnic Minority Students Want
Since 2005, Rare has conducted thousands of interviews with candidates. Inspired by the wealth of data collected from our bespoke What Makes You Tick? exercise, Rare decided to investigate the ... read more 12/10Rare's Nussaibah Younis becomes Guardian columnist
It was while attending a public rally in South Beirut that Nussaibah Younis was inspired to write her first article. Communicating such an extraordinary event to a wide audience got the Oxford and Durham univers ... read more 11/10Applications open for Rare Summer Internship 2011
Following on from the revamp of Rare First, and continuing its commitment to hiring the best people so that it can help other exceptional people get hired, Rare is now accepting applications for its new and impr ... read more 11/10Rare wins annual Sense In The City quiz
There may have only been one point distinguishing them as the winners, but this only confirmed the stiff competition that the Rare team was able to fight off in this year’s Sense In The City charity corpor ... read more 11/10Rare Revamps Rare First
In order to connect exceptional people from diverse backgrounds with great jobs in top organisations, the Rare team must also be exceptional. 10/10Rare candidates VIPs at Alexandra Burke UBS Event
October is Black History Month and calendars across the country are dotted with celebrations. The Rare calendar is no exception. 10/10Deutsche Bank and Rare launch Accelerate
We are thrilled to announce Accelerate: The DB Rare Scholarship. This exciting new programme is sponsored by Deutsche Bank and has been designed to give black first year students from a select group of universit ... read more 09/10Rare launches Articles
This month saw the launch of Articles, our new development programme for a limited group of selected candidates interested in careers with our legal clients. Articles will ru ... read more 09/10Rare candidates spend the morning with Sir Gus O'Donnell
Rarely does an insight event offer the opportunity to explore one of the country’s most important government buildings and be inspired by one of its leading figures in a room filled with priceless historic ... read more 09/10Rare Rising Stars 2010 Revealed
The House of Commons has hosted many events in its seven hundred and fifteen year history, but none quite like the one held in the Members’ dining room on the evening of Tuesday 21 September 2010. 09/10Elham Saudi joins Rare
We are thrilled to announce our latest hire, Elham Saudi. After graduating from O ... read more 09/10Rare welcomes new clients
We are thrilled to welcome the Financial Services Authority and Fishburn Hedges to our client list and look forward to working with both of them in the coming months. The FSA ... read more 09/10Rare's Rachel Kerr nominated for MOBO Award
Rare’s Marketing Manager Rachel Kerr has earned herself quite a reputation. Not only has her charming and enthus ... read more 08/10Mica's Mindshare Success
“I never for a minute thought that this could be a possibility when I started the WPP Micro-Fellowship”, admits Mica Lloyd. And actually, neither did we. For she is not describing her contribution to ... read more 08/10L’Oréal Triple Whammy
This month we have three reasons to celebrate: Nadine Chehab, Rania Kashi and Karren Leeke. All three Rare candidates ... read more 07/10Rare's Director of Assessment and Training becomes Accredited Executive Coach
We are delighted to announce that Daniel Mokades, Rare’s Director of Assessment and Training, can now add Accredited Associate Executive Coach to his title. Daniel, who currently runs the Intensive Coachin ... read more 07/10Little Dove steals the show
This year’s WPP Microfellowship has finished with a bang as three teams of Microfellows competed on a pitch to Peter Dart, who manages WPP’s global relationship with Unilever, on the skincare brand D ... read more 07/10Rare celebrates its fifth anniversary in style
Rare celebrated its fifth anniversary in the lovely offices of Pearson on the Strand on 26th June. Some fifty-odd guests were treated to panoramic views of London from the tenth floor balconies on one of the mos ... read more 06/10New Additions: Doyin, Esther and James join Rare
Rare is delighted to announce the addition of Doyin Sokan as our new Recruitment Executive. Doyin has just graduated with a 2:1 in law from Queen Mary University of London. During her degree she offered legal ad ... read more 06/10 Congratulations Ore!
We are proud and excited to announce that Ore Oyeleke is now the Director of Marketing at Miss Win It - an online competition company focused on youth and entertainment. 06/10Rare's latest client: Herbert Smith
We are excited to announce that Herbert Smith is the latest addition to our client list. Herbert Smith LLP is an international legal practice with over 1,200 lawyers across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. It a ... read more 05/10Rare adds Hogan Lovells to client list
We are delighted to announce that we are working with Hogan Lovells. Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has ove ... read more 05/10Congratulations Ossie!
We’re proud to announce that Rare candidate Ossie Akushie’s music now features on the website of ASOS, the UK's largest independent online fashion retailer. 05/10Rare supports Black Boys Can
As part of Rare’s commitment to supporting diversity work with the pre-university population, Marketing Executive Rachel Kerr recently facilitated a workshop for 25 sixth form students at ... read more 05/10Introduction to Commercial Law
Rare’s recent Introduction to Commercial Law event, held in the Easter holidays, proved a great success. Thirty selected Rare candidates listened to a talk from Elham Saudi, an Associate at Slaughter and M ... read more 04/10Rare's second study seminar: How to get a first in Law
Rare’s study seminar series continued with a talk from Deji Adegoke on getting a first class degree in Law. Deji received a scholarship to read Law at Warwick University and went on to win the award for Be ... read more 03/10Economist 6-month internships
The Economist Group is looking for graduates to start its highly competitive 6-month internship 02/10Attracting Black Students to Accountancy
This month’s edition of Accountancy features an article by Raphael Mokades, Rare’s Managing Director, on why so few black students are attracted to a career in accountancy. Accountancy acts as the of ... read more 12/09Rare launches groundbreaking report on top black students
Rare has launched a groundbreaking new report entitled ‘High Achieving Black Students: A Portrait’. 12/09Rare launches study seminar series
Rare’s study seminars are designed to help Rare candidates with their academic work and specifically to ensure that they understand how to get a top degree. Our research suggests that this sort of ‘s ... read more 11/09Stop press: L’Oréal recruits graduate sales trainees for January start
Due to an upswing in its business, L’Oréal needs additional people to join its prestigious sales graduate programme in January 2010. The L’Oréal graduate programmes are hugely competiti ... read more 11/09Rare's latest client: J.P. Morgan
We are delighted to announce J.P. Morgan as the latest addition to our client list. J.P. Morgan is currently the most profitable bank in the world. It serves one of the largest and most diverse range of clients ... read more 10/09Rare's Client List Grows
We are delighted now to be working with Barclays Capital, Barclays Wealth, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley and look forward to developing our relationship with the newly-merged Bank of America Merrill Lynch. read more10/09Rare's First NHS Event
At Rare, we’re proud to offer candidates an insight into the public sector as well as the private sector. In addition to good job security, outstanding training and highly competitive salaries, the public ... read more 09/09Dwayne Goode is the new face of Bank of America Merrill Lynch
With five Rare boys making the first ever Rare Rising Stars list and another one revealed as the face of L’Oréal's new recruitment campaign, our male candidates have certainly had a good summer. 09/09Summix: The Sweet Smell of Success
Since 2007, Summix has given over 100 Rare candidates an insight into some of the leading marketing, communications and FMCG companies in the world. This September, just 30 of our best people were invi ... read more 09/09Rare Reveals Rising Stars
We are delighted to reveal the UK’s top black students of 2009 in the first annual Rare Rising Stars list. At Rare, we are privileged to meet extraordinary s ... read more 08/09Timi Dorgu is the new face of L’Oréal UK's ad campaign
We’re very proud to announce that L’Oréal summer intern Timi Dorgu has been chosen to front the cosmetics giant’s internship recruitment campaign for 2009. read more 06/09Rare appointed as new provider for the Civil Service Coaching and Development Programme
We are delighted to announce that we have been selected to run a bespoke coaching and development programme for the Civil Service Fast Stream graduate prog ... read more 06/09Anna Dawes joins Rare
We are thrilled to announce that Anna Dawes has joined the team as our new Director of Financial Services Recruitment. She brings invaluable experience, having worked for three and a half years at Goldman Sachs. ... read more 05/09Rare Network Event
The first Rare Network event of 2009 proved to be yet another success. This year’s event was hosted by Baker and ... read more 05/09Rare welcomes our new Marketing Executive
We are delighted to announce that Rachel Kerr has joined us as our new Marketing Executive. Rachel graduated from Warwick University last year with a 2.1 in Law. She joins Rare from a legal and sales background, ... read more 03/09WPP Micro-Fellowship Applications
For the first time ever, Rare has teamed up with WPP to offer an exclusive summer internship programme. The WPP Micro-Fellowship is designed to help attract ethnic minority candidates to the marketing communicat ... read more 02/09 Rare is Recruiting Again
In 2005 Raphael Mokades quit his excellent job at Pearson to start Rare. He had no staff, no clients and no candidates. He was working in the corner of someone else’s office, grafting hard and building s ... read more 01/09Rare Launches Groundbreaking Research into Arabic-Speaking Students in UK Universities
Rare Recruitment is pleased to announce the launch of Recruiting Arabic-Speaking Graduates, the first comprehensive examination of Arabic-speaking students in the UK for twenty years. The report will be launch ... read more 12/08WPP Launch Micro-Fellowship for Rare Candidates
WPP is one of the world’s most comprehensive marketing communications groups. For the first time ever, they’re offering a summer internship programme to attract ethnic minority candidates to t ... read more 12/08Rare’s Biggest Milkround Comes to an End
This year, for the first time, Rare employed a full time Marketing Executive to manage and execute Milkround visits. Yewande Sokan had the challenging task of completing 20 visits, spanning 18 locations, ... read more 10/08Profile of Managing Director, Raphael Mokades Appears in the Guardian
"You can pack a lot into an hour with Raphael Mokades. It’s a good job – because today, like every other day, the fast-talking, basketball-playing, entrepreneurial powerhouse has an awful lot to sa ... read more 10/08Rare’s Operations Director Stars on Blue Peter
Steve Mould, Rare’s part-time Operations Director, has landed a prestigious role as science presenter on the BBC TV programme Blue Peter. Steve appeared on October 8th, 14th and 21st, talking about scien ... read more 10/08Rare and Rothschild Begin Working Together
Rare is delighted to announce that we are now working to recruit interns and graduates with Rothschild. Arguably the most prestigious name in the City, Rothschild has been at the centre of the world's ... read more 09/08 Rare City Network Event with Common Purpose
Our autumn event was held in conjunction with leadership development charity Common Purpose. Over food and drinks we discussed questions such as ‘was Hitler a great leader?’, ‘ does great lea ... read more 09/08Summix: September Storyselling Hosted by L’Oréal
Our second annual Summix event took place at L’Oréal on September 18. 50 of Rare’s best people attended. The day was arranged around the theme of selling stories – about ourselves, about ... read more 07/08Rare City Network Event, Pearson, 80 Strand
Our summer event was hosted by Sir David Bell, Director for People at Pearson. David is also Chairman of the Financial Times and Chairman of Pearson Inc. Sir David made a guest appearance and spoke on th ... read more 06/08Rare Recruits Regional HR Director for The Economist Group
We are delighted to announce that Rare has been appointed sole recruiter for The Economist Group’s CEMEA HR Director. The Economist Group is looking for a multilingual, commercial individual of exce ... read more 05/08Rare Recruits for Arts & Business
We are delighted to announce that Rare has been appointed as sole recruiter for the Arts & Business Intern Programme. Arts & Business have ambitious plans for the next three years and are launchin ... read more 04/08Rare Recruits for Private Equity Fund in Sierra Leone
We are delighted to announce that Rare has been appointed as sole recruiter for an Analyst role with private equity firm ManoCap, based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. ManoCap i ... read more 02/08Rare Visits Cambridge
Rare was delighted to host a Pizza and Champagne event at Queens College, Cambridge last month. Organised in conjunction with the university’s African-Caribbean society, the event allowed Rare to catch u ... read more 02/08Parker McMillan, Moorgate
The first Rare City Network event of 2008 was held at Parker McMillan, Moorgate. Located in the heart of the capital, this underground venue played host to over 100 city professionals. We had our very ow ... read more 12/0710/07Rare Adds More World-Class Clients
Rare is delighted to announce that we are now helping Eversheds and the BBC recruit experienced hires. Eversheds is a top ten UK law firm with 32 offices in major cities across the UK, Europe, Middle East ... read more 09/07Rare Interns Event
In late August, Rare hosted its first ever Interns Event. Over 40 interns from 13 firms attended and the evening was great fun. Held at the brand new All Star Lanes, a stunning boutique bowling venue in Bayswa ... read more 08/07Summer Interns
Rare is thrilled to announce that two interns have joined us for the summer. Our first intern is Yewande Sokan, a LSE economist and president of her University's African-Caribbean Society. And our second inter ... read more 07/07Amina Duke-Azore Joins Rare Recruitment
Rare is delighted to announce that Amina Duke-Azore has joined the team as Director, Experienced Hires. Amina graduated from Warwick University where she studied English and Italian Literature. She joins ... read more 04/07Rare Adds Prestigious New Clients
Rare is delighted to announce that it is now working for international consumer goods firm L’Oreal and for London Olympics 2012. L’Oreal is a worldwide leader in the cosmetics industry and has ... read more 11/06Rare Alumni Star at RfO Dinner
Race for Opportunity is a national network of over 180 UK organisations working on race diversity in business. RfO’s annual dinner is attended by over five hundred business leaders. This year’s speak ... read more 09/06Merrill Lynch Technology Joins Rare Recruitment Client List
Rare is delighted to announce we are now recruiting technologists for Merrill Lynch, one of the world’s leading financial management and advisory companies. Merrill Lynch's Technology division is at the fo ... read more |