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Contextualising applications at RPC
Blind recruitment helps control for bias, but candidates from lower socio-economic backgrounds are often still at a disadvantage when assessed against minimum qualifications or standard benchmarks. RPC uses the Rare Contextual Recruitment System to contextualise each applicant’s achievements, helping hiring managers to base their evaluations on merit instead of absolute scores. The tool enables RPC to consider a wider talent pool and identify high-potential candidates who would have otherwise been missed. Of the graduates who began training with RPC in 2020, 35% were candidates from a lower socio-economic background.
RPC 2020 graduate training programme
Outreach
Accessing underrepresented groups with RPC
Not having the right introductions or network can be a barrier to entry or progression within the legal sector, no matter how talented an individual is. RPC has partnered with Aspiring Solicitors, an organisation that works to increase diversity in the legal sector, arranging open days for Aspiring Solicitor candidates and encouraging them to apply for its summer school work experience programme. In 2019, Aspiring Solicitor candidates made up 53% of the summer cohort, and 57% of the training contracts offered at the end of the programme.
2019 Aspiring solicitor candidates
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Secondment opportunity
The Social Mobility Commission is looking to appoint two secondees to join our dynamic secretariat on a 3-month secondment. The Social Mobility Commission is an advisory arms-length body which is sponsored by the Cabinet Office. The Social Mobility Commission exists to create a United Kingdom where an individual’s future isn’t determined by the circumstances of […]
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18/05/2023
Employers play a key role in #socialmobility outcomes for many.
They determine where they set up their business, the types of job roles they create, and how and who they recruit; the income set by employers impacts living standards, pension contributions, as well as spending power in their local economy; they also play an important role in the health and wellbeing of employees.
However, with each part of the UK having an individual identity, history and economy, impacting its local population and their opportunities, the challenges to social mobility, and the solutions, may differ from region to region.
That’s where we think the use of our new #Data Explorer tool can help – join us at this event on 7 June at 12pm for employers to find out how you can utilise our new tool to understand your workforce distribution; provide insight for outreach activity and hiring activity; and to serve and support regional communities.
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