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Salut gang,

Quick summary if you can’t be asked to read the whole thing:

Table of Contents

• General Updates

• Events

• Headlines

• Meme Flow

• How YOU can help!

• Feedback

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General Updates

UPDATE on the upcoming careers fair:
We sold out the early bird tickets in 30 minutes…WTF

I am seeing people from Scunthorpe, Hatfield, Leeds, Oxford…

Bruh I have never heard of some of these places, so shoutout to you guys foreal 😅

Due to do a survey to find out where everyone is from real soon.

But for now, if you missed the first release, we’ve just dropped some more tickets for London & Manchester.

So pull up to whichever is closest to you📍

Shoutout to Amina who let me know her CV is top-tier and she won’t embarrass me if I send her a ticket for the event.

That’s what I like to hear! Let this be a lesson to all of you…

This is how you beg to come to an event if you want to get hired! #nodeadcvs #deadcvsgetsaired #sorrynotsorry

If you are an OG member, you know exactly where to go to make sure your CV is patterned, so I won’t even talk too much.

PS: There will be jobs across all experience levels for this event for people who have been complaining that we only have internships 👀

Events

• Octopus in Colour Careers Fair (London)

• Octopus in Colour Careers Fair (Manchester)

• UnderOne Festival Careers Fair & Award (Northampton)
  ↘ Free tickets for the first 25 registrations

Headlines 🗞️

Interesting stuff in the news this week:

→ We have our first in-person event coming up
→ The fintech scene is booming for jobs atm
→ Investment Bankers making money money

Lots of interesting bits & bobs this week.

Enjoy ⬇️

Job Market 💼

• Octopus in Colour host in-person careers fair in collaboration with Beyond Education (Events)

• UnderOne Festival partner up with Beyond Education for careers fair & awards (Events)

• KPMG to cut 200 UK jobs as firm battles market slowdown (City AM)

• UK fintech job vacancies surge as investors flock back to London (City AM)…RUN don’t WALK

• JPMorgan’s London-based bankers will now be able to earn payouts equivalent to as much as 10 times their base salary (City AM)…yh I might be making a return back to corporate 🤑

General Shenanigans 🚨

• MI6 spy school converted into flats (City AM)…the fact that you can actually do an MI6 grad scheme is crazy to me, wonder if they need help with diversity 🤔

• Renting remains cheaper than buying in UK as mortgage rates soar (City AM)…well that’s that then I guess

• Price of a Wetherspoons pint in London set to soar (City AM)…PSA for those that love a cheeky pint after work

• Shein hit with legal action in London by Oh Polly (City AM)…not the girls fighting lol

• Court Barrister prohibited from practice for punching a fashion designer (City AM)…I would say “charge it” but looks like he already got charged 😬

• Brewdog founder set to launch a new business that allows users to become ‘influencers’ and earn money for promoting brands (City AM)…how creative *sarcasm*

Abit Techie 👾

• Tesla, Google, Microsoft and Tiktok push tech layoffs total to nearly 100,000 this year (City AM)…bruh you are not even safe in tech anymore

• UK tech diversity body to shut down as companies have shifted focus from diversity efforts (City AM)…this is real sad to see tbh but we keep pushing!

• McDonald's ends AI drive-thru trial after order mishaps (Sky News)…bacon being added to ice cream is not a bad shout tbf

Investment Heads 💸

• Natwest to buy Sainsbury’s bank division for £125m (City AM)…this is actually a solid deal for both parties when you read the finer deets

• Sainsbury’s Bank sale marks end of an era for supermarkets (City AM)…further context on supermarket banks for anyone who cares

• A lot of companies are leaving the London Stock Exchange (City AM)…they only just clocked that the UK is bad vibes?

• Warren Buffett: how the frugal billionaire spends his fortune (Business Insider)…something endearing about this

• Two arrested over 'running illegal £1bn cryptocurrency exchange' in London (Sky News)…can’t believe Crypto is still thing in 2024 bruh 😅

• Taylor Swift UK shows will boost economy by £300m (Sky News)…damn is she hiring?

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 ⬇️ 

Feedback

Till next time gang

Have a great weekend 🤙

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