Class in the workplace
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How can companies create a level playing field for applicants and employees from lower socio-economic backgrounds? Evan Davis and guests discuss the sometimes invisible barriers and assumptions which exclude some from getting jobs or getting promoted. Many believe that the job interview format tends to favour the social skills of those from the middle and upper middle classes. Diversity schemes help - but there are questions about whether they go far enough. Is this the final taboo when it comes to equality in employment?
Guests:\\nProfessor Lee Elliot-Major, University of Exeter\\nSandra Wallace, chair, Social Mobility Commission and one of the Managing Directors for UK & Europe, DLA Piper\\nJenny Baskerville, Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Social Equality, KPMG
Producer: Lucinda Borrell\\nSound: Graham Puddifoot\\nEditor: Hugh Levinson
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