We’ve been making the elite professions more diverse since 2005. We’ve come a long way since then: today, roughly one in five Magic Circle trainees is a Rare candidate.
Two-thirds of us used to be Rare candidates or Rare clients. We know that our business is changing things for the better – and we won’t be satisfied until we see race equality, top to bottom, in every employer we work for.
Data powers everything we do.
Our Contextual Recruitment System (CRS) measures candidates' achievements against the classification systems we've developed. This means we can put candidates' achievements into context, and identify outperformers others miss.
Raphael Mokades
Founder and Managing Director
Raphael Mokades is the founder and Managing Director of Rare, the multi award-winning leaders in diversity graduate recruitment.
Raphael founded Rare in 2005, on his own, with no recruitment experience, no technology expertise, no clients, no systems, and a desk in someone else’s office. Today, Rare works with over eighty of the world’s most prestigious employers, has some 10,000 candidates on its books, and builds cutting-edge software that is changing the world.
Raphael has a first class degree from Oxford University. He has written for the Guardian, Times and Financial Times and was Legal Week’s Outstanding Innovator for 2017.
Race for Opportunity Recruiting Diverse Talent Award 2015
Race for Opportunity Developing Talent Award 2015
Race for Opportunity Role Model Award 2016
Recruiter Magazine Game Changer 2016
Legal Week Outstanding Innovator Award 2017
CIPD PEOPLE MANAGEMENT AWARDS 2019 - BEST HR TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
ESCAPE THE CITY - TOP 100 COMPANIES TO ESCAPE TO IN 2023
“We were blown away by the impact of Rare’s Contextual Recruitment System in the businesses using it.”
Judging Panel, CIPD People Management Awards 2019
“Highly evidence-based with huge positive impact.”
Judging Panel, Recruiter Awards 2020
Recruiter Magazine Best Candidate Care 2020
ESCAPE THE CITY - TOP 100 COMPANIES TO ESCAPE TO IN 2021
"Class warriors turn to tech for results."
“A tool so simple and efficient it is hard to think of a reason why every leading business should not sign up.”
