A poll of 2,000 working-age adults found London is the UK’s top city for nepotism, with half of respondents saying connections gave them a job compared with 42% of British workers overall. The research from recruitment software firm Applied found men and younger workers are most likely to benefit. Almost half of men and over […]
Too many jobs require college degrees, locking out qualified Black talent. Skills-first hiring helps companies rethink what really matters. At a Glance The large employment, income, and wealth gaps between Black Americans and white Americans pose a major challenge to racial equity in the US. Yet companies have the ability to address at least one […]
McKinsey is calling on other firms to kickstart their social mobility agendas — by highlighting links to how better socioeconomic diversity benefits businesses and the wider economy. The management consultancy’s renewed social mobility focus includes sharing best practices and follows increased media and government attention on the topic. This includes headlines on how Santander and PwC […]
Tech knows it has a diversity problem. But with the current slowdown in funding and economic growth, many investors and founders are concerned that things could get worse. According to Atomico’s State of European Tech report, all-female founding teams accounted for 6% of all funding rounds in 2022, but only 1% of the funding raised. It’s […]
Almost a quarter of UK youth turned off work for life. City & Guilds is calling on Government and industry to put renewed focus on young people’s skills and careers as the UK enters an economic recession Following a trend of chronically high youth unemployment, the research – based on a survey of 5,000 18-24-year-olds […]
For the first time, less than half of graduate employers are stipulating graduates should have a 2:1 degree for their roles, research has found. The Institute of Student Employers (ISE) found that the number of employers asking for a 2:1 degree as minimum entry criteria for graduate jobs has fallen to 48%. While a 2:1 degree […]
Updating the school curriculum, creating an anti-racist politics … there is a pathway to a fairer and more equal society. Lenny Henry: We need radical empathy, not racial sympathy Over the years I have argued for a number of policies to increase racial equality in the media, from diversity tax breaks to ringfenced funds for […]
Social scientists have made it a priority in recent years to understand upward mobility. They have used tax records and other data to study which factors increase the chances that children who grow up in poverty will be able to escape it as adults. Education, spanning pre-K through college, seems to play a big role, […]
Research from Business in the Community (BITC) found workers of Caribbean heritage in professional roles face an average pay gap of £3,814 compared to their colleagues - the highest pay gap of any ethnic group. More than half of the Caribbean workers surveyed (55%) felt they weren't being paid enough for the work that they do, despite almost […]
Our obsession with just two elite institutions is a distraction from enacting real change in how people get on in life. Over the past few weeks, a discussion has rumbled on off the back of comments by Stephen Toope, the vice chancellor of Cambridge, who in an interview with the Times said that the university intended […]
KPMG staff told not to talk about 'ski holidays' or 'private schooling' in order to 'boost inclusivity'. The firm has been accused of “mad wokery” as it has introduced mandatory unconscious bias training for its 5,300 UK staff. Those who refuse to take part in the sessions risk having their bonuses taken away. Starting in June, the […]
One of the big mistakes organisations make (this is true across the DEI) is to prioritise more diverse hiring without ensuring that people will be coming into an inclusive environment. While this is often born out of a good intention to get moving, it isn’t fair on the individuals concerned and is counter-productive in the […]
You would be hard-pressed to find a Fortune 500 company whose website and philosophy didn’t reflect a bended-knee commitment to a statement of cultural maturity regarding race, sexual orientation and physical ability. If you’re on the career page of these corporations you’ll see that these statements focused on diversity have been elevated to a place […]
The pandemic crisis has seen a boom in Black women – ‘so often entrepreneurs of necessity’ – setting up on their own. Known as “The Cookie Lady” around Washington DC, Lacey Fisher is famous for her British/German-inspired alcohol-infused confectionaries. Fisher launched Cookie Lane during the economic crisis of 2008, after being laid off from four different jobs […]
Black and Asian students won places at prestigious UK universities at record levels in 2021, alongside increasing numbers of students from all backgrounds, and the chief executive of the UCAS admissions service has said there could be one million applications for places by 2026. The number of Black students who accepted places at selective institutions, such […]
A study by Public Library of Science (PLOS) analyzed the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment, a survey which measured the interests of 15-year-olds around the world (500,000 students / 80 countries) asking the question, “What kind of job do you expect to have when you are 30 years old?” The results show that, no matter […]
Any social re-engineering programme should focus on empowering women socially and financially. It is rightly said that when you educate a man, you educate an individual but when you educate a woman, you educate a nation. The role of women as change agents and catalysts in any social impact initiative cannot be undermined. In fact, […]
Workplace inclusion efforts yield ambivalent results, according to KPMG Canada survey of Black Canadians. Canadian employers have made significant progress in understanding systemic racism and creating a more racially equitable work environment, but that cognizance has not necessarily translated into better job opportunities. The consulting giant surveyed more than 1,000 employees who identify as Black Canadian […]
Gallup estimates gig work to be the primary job for 29% of American workers. However, according to the National Institute for Workers' Rights, 54% of gig workers lack employee benefits, such as social security, health insurance, paid medical leave, overtime pay, and occupational safety protections, and they aren’t earning minimum wage, disproportionately affecting Black and Latinx […]
A widening array of stakeholders, including major investors, are asking companies to more clearly signal their progress on the road to greater DEI particularly through disclosing the racial and ethnic demographics of their workforce. State Street, an investor with $3.9 trillion under management, recently announced that it is prepared to vote against board leaders of S&P500 companies […]
