Diversity has been shown to improve workplace morale, innovation and employers bottom lines. IT has highlighted that this year, the technology sector has been having major issues with diversity in the workplace and there have been trends this year to improve diversity and inclusion efforts. Although it is beneficial to focus on improving diversity within […]
A new study has found that a third of LGBT people avoid careers in science, technology and engineering due to worries of discrimination and bullying. The study which was conducted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) discovered that subjects such as science, technology and engineering have an image problem which prevents companies from […]
Positives of Autistic Talent Just 32% of autistic adults are in paid work and 16% are in full time paid work. Although employment won’t be suitable for all autistic people, 77% of unemployed autistic adults have stated that they want to work. A better education, rise in awareness and exposure on social media, has led […]
The tech sector is expanding almost 3 times faster than the rest of the UK economy and it is nearly worth £184bn. However, diversity remains a key challenge for the tech sector as only 15% of the tech workforce are from BAME backgrounds and gender diversity is currently sitting at 19% compared to 49% for […]
It seems crazy that not hiring a diverse workforce or discriminating within your workforce can cost the UK economy money, and a lot at that! Figures below from INvolve and Cebr show the extent of the issue: The economic cost of discrimination in the workplace to the UK Economy is £127 billion Broken down: the […]
There are a lot of frightening statistics that have been circulating for the last few years highlighting the current tech talent crisis. There is a shortfall in STEM skills at 40,000 people with UK employers struggling to fill 43% of STEM vacancies. Even more worrying predictions from to Coadec state that 800,000 jobs will be […]