With a significant rise in remote working organisations are being presented with an unexpected opportunity to improve the diversity of their workforce provided they can embrace the “new normal” of teams and individuals working remotely.
As a 40-year-old man who is mixed-race (White and Black African) I have a complex and challenging relationship with race.
At Prospectus, we are and always have been committed to social justice and inclusion, this underpins our core values as a leading recruitment business.
The sector must do better in terms of BAME people, disabled people and others with protected characteristics that are in leading roles and serve on boards.
Even with my experience it quickly became clear that there were still significant barriers to delivering a truly inclusive process.