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Happy Friday {{ first name | Gang }}!
Shoutout to Ernest and Moraa who I bumped into at London Bridge, Stella from church and Badru who convinced me to contribute to his PS5 fund lol.
Shout out to Simi for blowing the referral programme out of the park with FIVE referrals! Reply to this email to get your prize!
Let’s get into it ⬇️
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Referral Programme 📲
Shout out to Simi for blowing the referral programme out of the park with FIVE referrals! Reply to this email to get your prize!
The newsletter referral programme is finally here! Every month, the subscriber with the highest amount of referrals will get to choose a prize of their choice. Prizes are included but not limited to:
💸 Just straight cash money
🫡 Work day in my office + free lunch
💡 1-1 session with an expert career coach
🌐 1-month subscription to LinkedIn Premium
(We will be adding more prizes to the list)
PS: I know it says the system says 10 referrals is the limit, but it’s a competition {{ first name | Gang }}, and the person with the highest amount of referrals wins, so tap in ⬇️
Who’s Hiring
Weekly Top 10:
Headlines
Job Market 💼
KFC cooks up 7,000 new jobs in major UK&I expansion (HR Grapevine)
Employee forced out for working from home to supervise gardener (HR Grapevine)
"I was fired from my banking job before the end of the graduate program. Now what?" (efinancialcareers)
Sighing at co-worker with ADHD was discriminatory, tribunal finds (HR Grapevine)
General Shenanigans
Feeling the pressure' | Gen Z willing to forgo WFH to secure jobs (HR Grapevine)
Abit Techie 👾
Elon Musk wants to get back to business (Morning Brew) - whatever that means
SpaceX Pushes to Get Starship Rocket Ready for Mars by Next Year (The Wall Street Journal)
Investment Heads 💸
Analysts are bullish on E.l.f. Beauty after takeover of Hailey Bieber’s Rhode (CNBC)
OnlyFans in talks for sale to US firm with valuation of $8b (Morning Brew) - fairs lol
A crypto investor is charged with kidnapping and torturing a man in an NYC apartment for weeks (AP News) - right…
Honourable Mentions 🗣️
Salesforce Strikes $8 Billion Deal for Informatica (The Wall Street Journal)
Having an affair? Don’t let Claude 4 find out (Morning Brew)
Headlines curated by Isobel 🤝
Top Picks: Next in-person link-up & free career resource
👀 Next in-person link-up: If Beyond Education has helped you secure a job in some way, shape, or form, we want to hear from you. We are planning an in-person link-up for you guys, so let us know here.
📝 Free career resources: Access free career resources to help you secure a job. We’ve got CVs, Cover Letters, interview prep templates and virtual insight event recordings all on our site. Check em out here.
Candid Memes 🙂
Employer Referrals 📨
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 ⬇️
Founder Updates:
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