Royal Mail early careers recruitment drive aims to drive down youth unemployment and the average age of its workforce.
Social mobility
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Children from poorer households have been finding it harder than 40 years ago to move into higher income brackets.
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British Airways has launched a new pilot training scheme that will fund up to 60 aspiring pilots a year, in...
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A survey of 2,000 young people by KPMG found that social class and nepotism have a major role in accessing work experience.
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CIPD Festival of Work wows the HR crowds at London Olympia.
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Investment in training and career development for those with lower skills is not enough, says BITC
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A new survey has highlighted a potential spanner in the works for efforts to retain older workers: the ‘woke’ workplace.
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Santander has removed the 2:1 degree requirement from its graduate scheme in a bid to improve the socio-economic diversity of...
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There are just a few more weeks until we celebrate the RAD Awards in January 2023. Next up we look...
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Class and socio-economic background have a greater impact on someone’s career progression than any other diversity characteristic, according to research.
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Alan Milburn: despite the forward moves made by many firms there were still problems and that this year had seen a reduction in the quality of many submissions
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Employers should engage with government skills initiatives to provide better opportunities for young people and make it easier for them...
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The Social Mobility Commission has launched its new employer advisory group (EAG), which includes HR leaders from the CIPD, large organisations and the government.
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New research has shown that 25% of corporate legal departments now use diversity data when deciding which law firms they work with.
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Those from working-class backgrounds earn £6,718 per year less than those doing the same jobs from privileged backgrounds.