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Happy Friday Gang,  

Late delivery today because I am just a guy man 🥺

Quick summary cause I’ve been told I yap a lot:

Table of Contents

• Shoutouts

• Free Game

• Who's Hiring

• BE Picks

• Headlines

• Meme Flow

• Employer Referrals

• CEO Updates

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Shoutouts 🗣️

• Ibz: For saying hello to me after church

• James: For not telling me his top-secret defence job lol

• Josh: Who approached on the midnight bus to plug his clothing line. Rate the hustle lol

• New Subscribers: Welcome to the 110 new subscribers part of the gang

Ah sh*t, here we go again…

A lot of corporate employers are really fake, and they are not hiding it anymore.

Hella companies have been….

• Making DEI teams redundant

• Blaming low profitability on DEI

• Making reckless public statements

There has been a big agenda to cancel initiatives helping people of colour access job opportunities.

These companies might as well just say they hate us 🥴

But not all hope is lost 🙏🏾

There are still some decent corporate employers out there…

• Increasing their DEI efforts

• Taking accountability for financials

• Not spreading damaging narratives

Most importantly…

Continuing to help people of colour access career opportunities.

Over 30 new jobs now live from these employers on our site.
↳ With a lot more on the way…your boy is working 😤

PS: Apply ASAP before applications close 💨

Who’s Hiring 💼

Weekly top 10 list:

1. Corporate Audit (Career Changer) Apprentice, Chester 

   • Reviewing company financials

   • Open to people looking to career switch

2. Global Operations Business Analyst (Internship), Chester & London

   • Little bit of this little bit of that ahh role

   • Ideal if you like a bit of variety in your day

3. Software Engineering (Placement Year), London

4. Technology Solutions (Placement Year), Chester

   • General tech type of role

5. Financial Management (Graduate Scheme), Chester

   • General Finance role without the investment stuff

6. Quantitative Strategies (Internship), London

   • Highly techie investment stuff

   • No simplified way of putting it lol

7. Implementation Lead, London

   • Project Manager with a sexier title

8. Business Development Intern, London

   • Startup vibes

9. Regulatory Analyst, London

10. Logistics Operations, London

BE Picks 📌

1. Free resources to help you with #applicationsszn

   • Skills Matcher – find the right role in 5 min

   • Application Tips & Tricks: Get the secrets

   • Assessment Test: Practice makes perfect

   • Networking Events: For cheeky LI post

   • Virtual Work Experience: CV booster

2. Free CVs, cover Letters & career resources to help out with applications #deadcvsgetaired

3. Beyond Education x Valuable Community Partnership: Beyond Education has partnered up with the Valuable Community to give our members access to their yearly retreat. Use the code “BEYONDEDUCATION” for discounted ticket prices. I’ve personally been to one of their retreats so I highly recommend it!

Headlines 🗞️

Job Market 💼

• Yodel to hire 3,000 workers for seasonal shopping frenzy (Sky News)…quick side quest from Corporate?

• Citi wants 200+ data professionals on up to $300k as it works through its issues (efinancial careers)…Tech in Finance for the win

• Chief executive of UK corporate finance boutique hired his brother, but it's ok (efinancial careers)…gotta love a good ol Nepo

• 150 top UK private equity professionals earn exorbitant amounts of carried interest (efinancial careers)…who says you can’t earn FU money in corporate

• Banking MD warns juniors - it’s a grinder job (efinancial careers)…pause?

• Summer interns in electronic trading will be making $5k per week in 2025 (efinancial careers)…born to be in the US forced grow up in South East Ldn ☠️

• Beware of fraudulent recruitment scams (efinancial careers)…the fraud boyzzz (& girls) will not rest bruh

• Job market cools as pay rises ease (LinkedIn)…a sign to start a side hustle!

• The 100 best business schools to grow your career around the world (LinkedIn)…if you have £40-£50k spare

General Shenanigans 🚨

• Asos returns policy sparks debate (LinkedIn)…I hear it tbh because what do you mean £3.95 for returns 🫠

• Global custodian bank signs deal for major Manchester office (City AM)…relevant because they are one of our clients now 😮‍💨

• Investigation into a cyber security incident affecting Transport for London (Sky News)…I actually had to help my mum out with this lol

Abit Techie 👾

• Elon Musk is on track to become the world's first trillionaire by 2027 (Sky News)…fairs

• SpaceX crew take private spacewalk (LinkedIn)…casual international travel tings

• Planning laws preventing faster internet (Sky News)…RUINING IT 🙄

Investment Heads 💸

• OpenAI's valuation soars to $150B (LinkedIn)…HOW GREEDY 🤮

• Analysts see ‘path to approval’ for Vodafone and Three deal (City AM)

• Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group buys city hot spot (City AM)…how much money does this man have???

• London Security industry revenue increased due to acquisition spree (City AM)…yet phone snatching is still alive and kicking 🫠

• GDP unexpectedly stagnates in July following strong first half of 2024 (City AM)…Econ students & grads, please explain

• Value of mortgages in arrears hits highest level since 2014 (City AM)…2008 flashbacks 🫣

• Gymshark names bodybuilder Chris Bumstead as new shareholder (City AM)…this is a different type of influencer deal 💸

• Global Bank mulls merger of investment banking and commercial arms in cost-cutting drive (City AM)…commercial awareness for your banking interviews

Candid Memes 🙂

How YOU can help!

A lot of people always ask: “How can I help Beyond Education”

Simply put: Introduce me to relevant contact(s) in your corporate job who are responsible for DEI & hiring.

It’s that simple!

To make this easy, I’ve created a simple 1-page summary on Notion.

With intro templates, helpful links & relevant details to help more underrepresented talent access opportunities with inclusive employers 🚀

Access the 1-pager here ⬇️

CEO Updates 📢

Highlights of the week:

• Secured a brand collaboration with a big tech company

• Your boy signed a new employer (100+ roles incoming)

• Hired a full-time editor so prepare to be sick of me on TikTok

Lowlights of the week:

• Lost out on a deal I’d been working on for months

• Then 5 minutes later received a rejection email (13th reason)

• Did I die tho? In my head (yes). In reality (no). #wemove 😤

I have come to accept that being an entrepreneur in the early stages is just a difficult grind you have to go through at the start.

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it…right?

Appreciate you for making it to the end of the newsletter Gang.

Have a good weekend 🫡

PS: If you want me to know your name instead of calling you ‘gang’ - update this form, it’s not by force tho x

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