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How an Accountancy Firm Made Class a Career Conversation
In Episode 101 of The Diversity Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how socio-economic background—often called class—shapes career outcomes even in meritocratic professions. They examine a mid-sized accountancy firm that introduced a 'Class and Career' pilot, tracking promotion rates by parental occupation and schooling type. The firm found that partners from state-school, first-in-family backgrounds took 2.3 years longer to reach partnership than peers from private-school, professional-family backgrounds. In response, they launched a sponsorship program that paired…
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