Recruitment isn’t broken beyond fixing, it just needs a bit of tweaking.
By jove, I think I’ve cracked it. Recruitment gets a bad rep and unfortunately, nine times out of ten it’s deserved. So, I’ve come up with a six-point master plan to restore some credibility to the whole sector and in turn, make life easier for everyone. ...
REACH Event Scholarship Launched
A new university scholarship has been launched to encourage black, Asian, and minority ethnic talent into the events industry. The REACH Event Scholarship has been launched in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) to provide a fund for students...
Talent shortage? What talent shortage…
People are saying there’s a talent shortage in our industry. Well, I disagree. Whilst it is true that of the 250,000 event profs who were made redundant, 10% (25,000) will not be returning, we don’t have a talent shortage, or even a people shortage; what we do have is...
Diversity is more than Shutterstock pictures on a website
D&I is a hot button topic right now and rightly so, but what exactly can you do when only 3.5% of the sector is from a black or brown background. I can count on two hands the amount of black or brown people I worked with during my seven year event career and on...
