GRADUATE FOG UNITES GOOGLE, CHANNEL 4, KPMG, ROYAL MAIL AND MANY MORE
Some of the UK’s top graduate employers met last week to discuss how they can help to make the world of work fairer and more open for graduates from all backgrounds.
Members of the Graduate Fog Employers Club descended upon The Ned Hotel in Bank, central London, for our Members’ Winter Lunch on Wednesday 16th January 2019.
Seated around the table were representatives from some of the UK’s top employers of young people including Google, Channel 4, KPMG, Royal Mail, ITN, J. Walter Thompson, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, Cancer Research UK and Harvey Nash.
Tanya de Grunwald, founder of Graduate Fog and the Graduate Fog Employers Club, said:
“As ever, we were thrilled to welcome such an impressive group of employers to lunch last week. We were touched to hear so many of you say that the Members’ Winter Lunch was a brilliant investment of your time. When you’re wrestling with a problem and looking for a new solution, the best idea is to step away from your desk, enjoy a good meal and have some great conversations with like-minded people – who may well have the answers you’re looking for.
“We look forward to welcoming them again – plus the many new Member organisations who are in the process of signing up now – on Wednesday 3rd April for our next event Apprentices, School Leavers and Graduates: Finding the Balance and Managing the Mix. In the meantime, we’d like to thank all our Members again for their ongoing support and enthusiasm for the Graduate Fog Employers Club and our mission to make the world of work fairer for young people.”
Photography by Jas Lehal jaslehalphotography.co.uk
With thanks to our friends at Give A Grad A Go for sponsoring the event
Emma Hoyle, J. Walter Thompson
Pippa Hawker-Bond, Harvey Nash
Kate Bruges, J. Walter Thompson
Becky Minter, Cancer Research UK
Louisa Joseph, Royal Mail
Kerry Lale (Google), Tanya de Grunwald (Graduate Fog)
The Graduate Fog Employers Club sits down for lunch
Priscilla Baffour (ITN), Charlotte Carter (KPMG)
Priscilla Baffour, ITN
Tom de Grunwald, Graduate Fog
Tanya welcomes the Club Members
Tanya de Grunwald, Graduate Fog
Kate Bruges, J. Walter Thompson
Laura Boswell, Channel 4
Larry Ridges, Harvey Nash
Becky Farmer, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
Ben Carpenter, Google
Charlotte Carter, KPMG
Emma Hoyle (J. Walter Thompson), Priscilla Baffour (ITN)
Kerry Lale, Google
Charlotte Carter, KPMG
Louisa Joseph, Royal Mail
Becky Minter, Cancer Research UK
Kerry Lale (Google), Pippa Hawker-Bond (Harvey Nash)
Becky Farmer, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
Priscialla Baffour (ITN), Pippa Hawker-Bond (Harvey Nash)
Ben Carpenter (Google), Sally Evans (Give A Grad A Go)
Kate Bruges (J. Walter Thompson), Laura Boswell (Channel 4)
Emma Hoyle (J. Walter Thompson), Kerry Lale (Google), Pippa Hawker-Bond (Harvey Nash), Priscilla Baffour (ITN), Charlotte Carter (KPMG)
Cary Curtis, Give A Grad A Go
Louisa Joseph, Royal Mail
Emma Hoyle, J. Walter Thompson
Tom de Grunwald, Graduate Fog
Larry Ridges, Harvey Nash
Cary Curtis, Give A Grad A Go
Emma Hoyle (J. Walter Thompson), Kerry Lale (Google), Pippa Hawker-Bond (Harvey Nash)
Tanya de Grunwald, Graduate Fog
Charlotte Carter, KPMG
Laura Boswell, Channel 4
Pippa Hawker Bond, Harvey Nash
For the journey home
Laura Boswell, Channel 4
Any candidate should reflect on the fact that, despite age related discrimination being illegal, employers will still reject candidates on other grounds (to avoid any legal pitfalls). IT is particularly prone to such bias. with 30 being the cut off date, or in the case of Social Media Management, “why all social media managers should be under 24, Forbes Magazine, 2012) – although such an article was written by a 21 year old undergraduate.
“Abandon hope all ye who apply, who are older than 24”.
We could legislate for Positive Discrimination, and require all employers recruiting for all jobs to be given to under-represented demographics, but that does not necessarily mean that the best candidate will be recruited for a job….and the “Lenny Henry Effect” simply means that an employer will recruit someone to tick the diversity box, and result in better qualified candidates in the wilderness.