Graduate Diversity Jobs
DIVERSITY
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) defines diversity as “valuing everyone as an individual – valuing people as employees, customers and clients.”
Diversity aims to take equality forward and evidence indicates that organisations that are serious about diversity show better overall financial performance. Employers who offer good working conditions, benefit from more positive and committed employees, who are less likely to leave. The CIPD believes employers who sit on the sidelines regarding diversity will quickly become less attractive to existing and prospective employees and that is not going to benefit anyone at all.
Patrick Johnson, head of diversity at Manchester University Careers Service, thinks that generally, more organisations nowadays are diverse. The top companies are welcoming a broader range of people, and the number of students from a minority background employed has increased slightly, although it is not by a huge amount. “The job market is generally looking good,” says Patrick. “However, I think part of the problem is that employers are fishing in the wrong pond. He adds: “The bulk of vacancies that are available for students are from smaller enterprises, which you do not hear much about. Students must start tapping into the larger companies.”Patrick advises applicants to be prepared: when initially making the application, speak to careers advisers and extensively research the company you are applying to. He says: “A company is looking for the best person at the end of the day, so make sure you have filled out your application correctly and are enthusiastic when being interviewed.”
Diversity means difference, and people's differences are many and varied:
- Disability
- Ethnicity
- Gender
- Sexual Orientation
- Race
- Age
- Culture
- Religion
- Socio-economic
- And more
Managing diversity is about harnessing these differences to create a productive environment in which everybody feels valued, where talents are fully utilised and in which organisational goals are met (Kandola and Fullerton authors of Diversity in Action: Managing the Mosaic).
A diversity policy can be meaningless unless supported by a strategic diversity programme. Diversity needs to be approached as a cultural change process and as a business-wide concern. By law, employers are required to monitor and publish specific diversity data for its workforce. But how many actually do is an unknown.
Recruitment issues such as tackling the under-representation of particular talent pools should always avoid tokenism and focus on attracting more applicants by ‘fishing in more pools.’
The Head of the Civil Service, Sir Gus O’Donnell has recently stressed that he wants to build a more diverse service. “To meet our future challenges we must continue to build a workforce that is representative of the public we serve, and that is passionate about making a difference to all parts of society, especially those hardest to reach. That is the kind of Civil Service that will be able to deliver excellent public services to all.”
PricewaterhouseCoopers' law firm services group has launched a new research project to investigate employee diversity within law firms. The Legal Services Board (LSB) has announced that it is stepping up its effort to improve access to the legal profession. Its chairman David Edmonds explained the importance of the profession opening to people of all backgrounds, providing they have the necessary capabilities.
A report by recruitment and HR consultancy Chess Executive published at the end of 2007 highlighted the difficulties faced by ethnic minorities in achieving career progression within the Hospitality sector. The report found that only 6% of ethnic minorities worked at middle or senior management level and that they were represented at board level in only 2% of companies.
Diversity should be cultural and embraced by all employees. The evaluation and measurement of a diversity policy should be transparent and regularly published both internally and externally. Organisations wishing to promote themselves as ‘employers of choice’ should see no reason to withhold such information.
Graduate Diversity Employers
| TravelWorks | TravelWorks offers a myriad of volunteer and paid work opportuniti... | more |
| ESCP Europe Business School | Founded in 1819 and now one of the world’s oldest business s... | more |
| Towers Watson | Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt have come together as Towers Watson... | more |
| Nottingham University Business Sch... | Postgraduate study at Nottingham University Business School offers... | more |
| nucleargraduates | The UK’s nuclear industry is facing its biggest challenge in... | more |
| AXA UK | With 210,000 employees and distributors worldwide and a presence i... | more |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) is the one firm for all talented ... | more |
| The Institution of Engineering & T... | The IET offers different categories of membership depending on you... | more |
| Bank of England | Few organisations play a more influential role in the UK’s e... | more |
| Mountbatten Institute | The Mountbatten Institute is a not-for-profit organization that ad... | more |
Latest Graduate Diversity Jobs
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| KTP Associate - SEN and Mental Health Developer | Knowledge Transfer Partne... | 23 Sep 2010 |
| Database and Web Services Developer | Knowledge Transfer Partne... | 13 Sep 2010 |
| nucleargraduates: Health Physics | nucleargraduates | 27 Aug 2010 |
| nucleargraduates: Electrical Engineer | nucleargraduates | 22 August 2010 |
| R & D NDE Specialist; Pall Europe Ltd | Knowledge Transfer Partne... | 08 Sep 2010 |
Volunteer Internships - London and Manchester
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Common Purpose | 03.06.2010 |
| Sales Executive (Product Advisor) | Inspiring Interns | 18 Nov 2010 |
| Account Manager | Inspiring Interns | 18 Nov 2010 |
| Fundraising Intern | Inspiring Interns | 19 Nov 2010 |
| Just graduated? Looking for the best way into banking and fi... | Quartic Training | 31 Jan 2010 |
Graduate Diversity Case Studies
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Gareth Evans - Cardiff Law School - Former studentThe BPTC is a marked change from undergraduate studies; it is the transition from study to practice and this is reflected in the demands it makes upon its students. The Cardiff BPTC tutors provide a readily-accessible support base to students and are always willing to offer their time and experience. ... more |
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Emma Heley - Celebrity Publicist - PHA MediaI work in the celebrity department of a public relations firm in Soho managing press and publicity for our celebrity clients... ... more |
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Cameron Hall - PR Account ExecutiveEssentially I help to generate a constant stream of positive press cover for my clients. Day-to-day activities include creating press releases, arranging interviews, writing articles and responding to news stories... ... more |
Nikki Barell - Graduate Management trainee in Adult Social Care - National Skills AcademyI am currently on a year long graduate management scheme in adult social care with the National Skills Academy for Social Care. This involves me splitting my time between the national charity The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and the local charity Blackburn with Darwen Carers Centre... ... more |
Graduate Diversity Advice
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The Real World Awards will be taking place at The Spring, our new devlopement... more |
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What's new at Real World|Push? As a new academic year approaches, Real World|Push have been busier than... more |
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The Push National Student Debt Survey The UK's largest survey of student finance, published today on Push.co.uk,... more |
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All the Fun of the Careers Fair Thinking of going to a careers fair, but don’t know where to start?... more |
