Reach - overcoming barriers to employment

• A Careers Eye view of working in the City

  4 Dec 2009

  I recently went to ThisAbility - an event attended by just over 50 students which focussed on career opportunities in the City for students with a disability it was organised by SCOPE. Recruiters from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, J P Morgan,...
• Law Struggling with Equal Opps?

  3 Dec 2009

  Image from Roll on Friday from their story about Equal Opps A flurry of articles in the news recently seems to suggest that Law is struggling with equal opportunities with some negative PR emerging alongside some honest attempts to redress the balance. Norton Rose is focusing on improving the...
• Straight to the Horses Mouth

  24 Nov 2009

  Mentoring can be a great way to find support and learn from people who want to pass on what they have learnt or are just happy to be someone else you can bounce ideas around with. We have a page on finding mentoring opportunities and have just added Horses...
• City Girl on life as a female trader

  23 Nov 2009

  I just wanted to point readers in the direction of this interview with City Girl on the UCL careers service blog, where she argues that contrary to stereotype, discrimination is less likely to be a problem for a trader as everyone is judged simply on the bottom line figures....
• Where are the bright stars?

  9 Nov 2009

  While  Film Director, Jane Campion is getting lots of attention for her new film, Bright Star, she continues to be a minority in the film industry as Skillset's report shows that women make up only 4% in lighting, 8% in sound and 15% of those in camera work. To see...

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Reach - overcoming barriers to employment

• Straight to the Horses Mouth

  24 Nov 2009

  Mentoring can be a great way to find support and learn from people who want to pass on what they have learnt or are just happy to be someone else you can bounce ideas around with. We have a page on finding mentoring opportunities and have just added Horses...
• City Girl on life as a female trader

  23 Nov 2009

  I just wanted to point readers in the direction of this interview with City Girl on the UCL careers service blog, where she argues that contrary to stereotype, discrimination is less likely to be a problem for a trader as everyone is judged simply on the bottom line figures....
• Where are the bright stars?

  9 Nov 2009

  While  Film Director, Jane Campion is getting lots of attention for her new film, Bright Star, she continues to be a minority in the film industry as Skillset's report shows that women make up only 4% in lighting, 8% in sound and 15% of those in camera work. To see...
• White males under-represented in medicine?

  6 Nov 2009

  Image by Waldo Jaquith If you are interested in medical careers, I recommend this opinion piece by Noel Plumridge in Health Service Journal, exploring the changing landscape of gender and ethnic background across the medical profession. Here are just a few of the facts and figures. The headline grabbing...
• Two months that could change your life

  2 Nov 2009

  Well there's only one way to find out if this is indeed true. The Civil Service Fast Stream Summer Diversity Internship Programme  is now open for applications from 2nd November 2009- 4th January 2010. www.civilservice.gov.uk/summerdiversity

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Reach - overcoming barriers to employment

• An Eye for Graduate Talent

  22 Oct 2009

  Fantastic proactive strategy called An Eye for Talent from Blind in Business who are emailing employers with graduate profiles and building the number of vacancies they can offer to graduates with visual impairment. To find out more and receive support with the application processes visit Blind in Business or contact them...
• Don't Write Me Off

  22 Oct 2009

  Interesting article about the campaign and report from the National Autistic Society called Don't Write Me Off which looks at employability for people with Autism. Despite the depressing figures (only 15% in full-time paid work) there are some great positive examples from individuals and  employers such as Goldman Sachs. For more positive news...
• Women bullied at work - women bullying at work!

  15 Oct 2009

  A survey from Unison has revealed that one in three young women have experienced bullying at work. The majority blamed the recession for increasing work pressures and leading to reduced enforcement of anti-bullying policies, however that was not the only cause... What struck me particularly was that: Results revealed......
• "Recession is putting more men than women out of work" reports People Management

  14 Oct 2009

  Often the focus of events and schemes posted here relate to helping women break into areas where they are under-represented, however that's not to say that men don't face gender-related issues too. People Management have reported that the recession has caused more of an increase in the male unemployment...
• Women into IT - networking opportunities

  12 Oct 2009

  And that's networking in the person-to-person sense rather than PC-to-PC! For women interested in IT, there are a growing number of professional networks available offering training, workshops and general networking events that could be really useful to help you find opportunities and decide if the culture of IT is...

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