At Sirius, our business has always been about people and opportunity.
Every day, we see how the right job can change someone's life – creating confidence, connection, financial independence and the opportunity to build a more secure future.
But we also recognise that opportunity isn't equally accessible to everyone.
For someone experiencing homelessness or housing instability, the barriers to employment can begin long before a résumé is written or an interview is booked.
Sometimes, the first step towards employment is having somewhere safe to sleep. Food in the fridge. A phone and internet access. Appropriate clothing. Support. And enough stability to start thinking about what comes next.
That's why we've chosen to support Dignity.
Why Dignity?
Dignity works to prevent, respond to and end homelessness by empowering people to find a path forward.
Their work goes beyond providing a bed for the night. Dignity provides supported temporary accommodation, longer term housing, food relief, education and practical support, alongside innovative programs that help address some of the barriers people experiencing homelessness can face when looking for work.
That connection to employment is particularly important to us.
Through programs such as Ready To Work Housing and Transition To Work Housing, Dignity combines stable housing and wraparound support with work readiness, education and employment opportunities - helping people build greater financial and housing stability.
Dignity helps create the stability from which opportunity can become possible.
And Sirius is part of an industry built around creating opportunity through employment.
Why the recruitment industry?
That connection made us think about the role our own industry could play.
Every day, thousands of people across recruitment connect people with jobs.
We have relationships with employers. We understand the labour market. We help people recognise their skills, prepare for interviews, navigate career decisions and access opportunities they may not otherwise have known existed.
Collectively, our industry has an extraordinary network.
What if we brought that network together for something bigger than recruitment?
That's why we created The Recruitment Open, powered by Sirius.
Yes, it's a golf day. It will be competitive, social and a chance for 144 people from across our industry to spend a great day together.
But the reason behind it is much bigger than golf.
Our goal is to raise $80,000 for Dignity, with a stretch goal of $100,000 - with 100% of net proceeds from The Recruitment Open going to Dignity.
More importantly, we want to create something that can grow year after year.
An annual event where recruiters, recruitment leaders, suppliers, and industry partners come together around a cause that has a genuine connection to the work we do every day.
Because if our industry believes in the power of employment to change lives, then perhaps our contribution can start before someone ever becomes a candidate.
The Recruitment Open is our opportunity to use the connections, reach and generosity of our industry to help Dignity continue doing the work that makes those pathways possible.
Housing can create stability. Employment can create opportunity.
And with the right support, both can help create a pathway forward.
The Recruitment Open. Powered by Sirius. Supporting Dignity.
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