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Recap: Outreach and social mobility
Engaging with candidates from a low socio-economic background through outreach can be a really powerful way to raise awareness of your organisation and industry and reach a wider range of… read more
Employer blog – Meeting the ambitions of employers and young people: from outreach to intake
In today’s blog, Oli de Botton, CEO of The Careers & Enterprise Company shares with us how employers can engage with schools and colleges through outreach, and the benefits of… read more
Celebrating the National Day for Staff Networks
As we celebrate the National Day for Staff Networks, we asked our colleague Paula Kemp, Head of Employer engagement to tell us more about how staff networks can support the… read more
Employer Newsletter – 5 May 2023
It was great to see so many of you joining us last week at our most recent masterclass on ‘Accents in the Workplace’. If you were unable to join us,… read more
Recap: Accents in the Workplace
Your accent is not directly relevant to work outputs. Simple, right? Despite that, we often unthinkingly associate certain accents with certain stereotypes, with public perceptions of Received Pronunciation being largely… read more
Employer blog: The powerful benefits of outreach through mentoring
In our SMC employer consultation at the end of 2022, we found that almost all employers who responded participated in outreach, using it to: raise awareness of their organisation and… read more
Accent bias – what does that mean in practice?
In Speaking Up: Accents and social mobility, published last year by the Sutton Trust, researchers looked at accent bias throughout life, highlighting how experiences differed by socio-economic background. They found… read more
Employer Newsletter – 14 April 2023
It was great to welcome almost 200 people to our most recent masterclass, ‘The art of using storytelling to build inclusion’! Don’t worry if you didn’t manage to join us… read more
Recap: The art of using storytelling to build inclusion
Storytelling is one of the most powerful forms of communication – grabbing our attention, creating empathy, and allowing opportunities for everyone to be open to new perspectives. In our latest… read more
Storytelling to support social mobility
Storytelling is a powerful tool to support your organisation’s social mobility strategy. It can help colleagues to understand the challenges others have faced, helps leaders to understand how they can… read more
Quarterly Commentary: March 2023
Dear Reader, It’s been a busy few months at the Social Mobility Commission. Although we have had a change in leadership, and I have become Interim Chair, we have remained… read more
Employer newsletter – 9 March 2023
We’ve previously shared with you a number of upcoming employer masterclasses, and we’re delighted to now update you on a further session on Outreach. Join us in the coming months… read more