I grew up in the multicultural East London suburbs, attending a school that was as diverse as you’re likely to find. Many of my classmates were first generation British or had started life in another part of the world. And the funny thing was, as a young white boy I…

Ask any sane CEO whether they feel DEI is an important priority within their business, and no doubt you’ll get a clean sweep of ‘absolutely’ type answers. The trouble is DEI ‘busyness’ doesn’t always equate to DEI progress. We live in an increasingly impatient world, where near-instant results are expected. …

So what will characterise the DEI landscape of 2022? Well I hope that completely upgraded candidate experiences will be the winning ticket. Companies must stop themselves from producing lacklustre recruitment collateral and immediately reexamine all their hiring processes. This is no time for ‘this is how we’ve always done it’. …

Part 2 — Smart Contracts I think a good place to start is to explain what Blockchain actually is. Blockchain is an online ledger. A growing list of records that form a block. These blocks are then linked through cryptography. …

Part 1 — An Introduction — If blockchain comes up in conversation I’d wager a bet that most people tend to think cryptocurrency and in association many other spin-off words; volatile, ponzi, scam, speculative, exciting, future, security, innovation and hope to name a few. Whether you’re a convert, a “crypto maximalist”, a casual retail investor or…

CandidateX recently released our first research piece in the Diversity of the UK Fintech and Challenger Bank sector. If you missed it, it can be found on Research - CandidateX www.candidatex.co I thank you, if you did take the time to read over and hope you found it suitably informative and interesting. …

Thank you to all our followers and well-wishers for your patience. It was never our intention to leave it this long before communicating all the exciting news that has been going on at CandidateX, so for that please, please, please accept our apologies. We are fast approaching our 1-year anniversary…

Diversity and Inclusion is a hot topic at the moment. Prominent social and racial justice conversations have rightly brought this firmly on the agenda of most organisations and in turn raised the expectations of applicants, employees and alumni for inclusion and diversity in the workplace. There is now a goldrush…

A contact of mine who is part of a women’s professional networking group recently asked me the following question: “Why do you think women from a BAME background, especially in a senior capacity are reserved about joining our professional network?” Obviously, I could not answer that question from a woman’s…