Forum menu
How many BME people did you employ?
How many women?
How did they fit in with the team?
Plenty and well - good interviewer 😉
I have had many very diverse teams: races; religions; sexuality; backgrounds etc. And not that long ago had to manage direct race and sex quotas with positive discrimination.
Given current legislation I tended to worry more about whether the lively debates between such diverse groups would end up with some form of court case as almost impossible for someone not to be offended at some point!! There must have been a lot of MTBers in the industry!!
Interesting, in the interviews I've been involved in, the ability to fit in is absolutely crucial to the extent that the right candidate is sometimes not the best qualified. It's certainly a skill..
the All Blacks prove that.....no wa@@@rs, however good they are on paper. I agree fit is critical for both parties
Having worked for different nationality companies in the same industry in the past, the differences in culture and behaviour are marked. Candidates need to know that for their own benefit.
@ lunge
If the school was irrelevant we could be damn sure the parents would not be paying the massive fees
.
the original link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37244180
actual 158 page article [url= https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/549994/Socio-economic_diversity_in_life_sciences_and_investment_banking.pdfhttp:// ]here[/url]
its not clear but
my bold[b]our research suggests students from less privileged backgrounds are less likely to get the top jobs - no matter how talented they are."[/b]
and
Different rates of access to these sectors can be explained because young
people from more privileged backgrounds are advantaged at different stages
of the recruitment and selection process, while those from non-privileged
backgrounds are more likely to experience challenges, which may add up to a
cumulative disadvantage overall. These challenges start with the recruitment
process and originate in the relationship between leading employers and elite
universities.
Clearly private education means you get better A level results and therefore into a better university - why else would your parents pay for your education if it had no outcome?
If they then get the best degrees and the best jobs one can argue its because they are the most talented or because they got the most help and the best education
I think the later is much more likely and important than the former
Everyone life chances would be improved by going to Eton.
Does it make you more talented or more privileged... definitely the later and probably the former too.
I think there are a lot of people who either haven't read this or are ignoring the actual research. It isn't a case of people turning up at interview in a tracksuit and not getting the job. It's people turning up at the interview in a suit, but it's the "wrong" suit and not getting the job despite being good candidates.
In STW terms, they're disqualifying half the field from a race because they turned up on Saracens and don't know where Hebden Bridge is, regardless of whether they make qualifying pace.
Having spent my entire working life, and now nearing retirement age, working in an environment that allowed me to wear combats, shorts, tee shirts, skate shoes or combat boots, I now find myself in an environment where it's a requirement to wear smart trousers, no jeans, a smart shirt and tie, and smart shoes, no trainers.
I've successfully managed to subvert this by wearing plain, unadorned black jeans, plain black Vans, and check flannel shirts with a plain tie.
My job is picking up and delivering cars from and to auction sites, dealers and private residences.
Go figure, as they say.
Oh, and I have to wear a hi-viz as well; quite the natty ensemble! 😉
Oh, and I have to wear a hi-viz as well;
In the car?