EDUCATION
and a vertical segregation – which is the so-called glass ceiling. Where you can’t get to the top unless you have that international experience and you can’t get that international experience because you can’t work abroad to get it and that combination is what causes the gender pay gap. When we are looking at girls in education and preparing them for
the future, it is really important that they are given the opportunity to study the science-based subjects. Work that has been done by the Women and Work Commission led by Baroness Prosser indicates that schools tend to push young women into certain types of careers, which are the five c’s – catering, cleaning, caring, cashiering and clerical. It is therefore important that the career advice girls are given directs them into a wider field of study beyond the five C’s.
What measures can global mobility teams take to meet the digital talent shortage?
HC: I work with millennials in the technology areas of the
company and we have a lot of India outbound. In Indian schools, they are currently incentivising young girls to get involved with technology and a lot of big IT companies in India are providing interesting ways into the tech sector. I think global mobility should incentivise and facilitate routes into
tech to secure future talent and boost underrepresented groups. Stats show that women do want to go on assignment and are successful at it. Making more young people aware early on of the skillset required and that they can go see the world might help them think differently.
Do you think schools are sufficiently preparing children for a changing workforce?
KE:Young people are infinitely creative and inspiring people to
be around. It might seem quite a threatening time for young people to come into the world, we talked about technology and disruption and whose responsibility it is to prepare them for the future. But who is educating young people about the gig economy? Or, how it might be better to get work experience with an SME before entering a large global firm. As schools, we could all definitely be working with employers more. Having said that, I think young people are resilient. They adapt
and are more capable of adjusting to their rapidly changing work environment than we think they are.
How can mobility teams ensure the schools they work with are geared to equip children for their next step?
CA: I think relocation teams need to ask schools what career
support is on offer, what work experience is available to the children they place and the higher education options they will have. Don’t just expect that schools will offer information on higher
education or know how to get a child university ready. For mobility people helping families move to the UK, there are now a lot of high level apprenticeships on offer and other further education routes.
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