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Also, a massive shoutout to my Associate Demi, who has been keeping all the Operations at Beyond Education running!

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Table of Contents

• Events 🗓️

• Who's Hiring 💼

• Top Pick 💯

• Headlines 🗞️

• Career Advice 💡

• Candid Memes 🙂

• Employer Referrals 📨

• Founder Updates 👋🏾

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Events: Manchester recruitment event

A group of the biggest sustainability companies in the UK have just launched a recruitment programme exclusively for Black talent.

The programme is a 3-month summer internship that could convert to a full-time role depending on performance.

If you are a...

• Student

• Career changer

• Recent graduate

• Full-time employee

Then, you are more than welcome to apply!

They are hosting in-person events in their Manchester and London offices to launch the programme officially.

You can network with employees and hiring managers to get some insider information before sending an application because #nodeadapplications 😤

Event details:

• Manchester: Tuesday 11th Mar 5:30pm to 9pm

• London: Thursday 13th Mar 5:30pm to 9pm

PS: Early Bird tickets are sold out this week, so we’ve just released FREE re-up tickets. Grab one now before it’s too late!

Who’s Hiring: Corporate job translations

Weekly Top 10: Internships open to students, career changers, recent graduates, and full-time employees. Potential to convert internships to full-time depending on performance 🫡

1. Operation Internship, £24,900, Manchester

   • Customer service with a little bit of this & that

   • Great entry point to get your foot in the door

2. Legal & Company Secretary, £28,000, London

   • Broad legal support role in Asset Management

   • Great alternative to the Trainee Solicitor route

   • Doesn’t look sexy on paper but you’ll be surprised

3. Energy Flexibility Internship, £28,000, London

   • Fancier way of saying Data Analyst

   • SQL, Python, Databricks and alla that

4. ESG Internship, £28,000, London

   • Again another undercover sexy role in Asset Management

   • Making sure investments are woke for societal standards

   • Very niche upcoming field so you get to define it really

5. Development & Innovation Internship, £28,000, London

   • Bascially an ideas and do(er) job

   • Projects to make Energy cheaper and sustainable

6. Finance Internship, £28,000, London

   • Operational Finance in the Electric Vehicles (EV) space

   • Dealing with investments, customer contracts etc.

7. Account Executive Internship, £28,000, London

   • Customer Service but sexier

   • Little bit of Operations & Sales

   • In the EV space

8. Talent Acquisition Internship, £28,000, London

   • For anyone interested in HR overall

9. Portfolio Assistant Internship, £28,000, London

   • Operations plus supporting portfolio of clients

10. Portfolio Management Internship, £28,000, London

    • Asset Management gig in the fund team

    • Investments and all the exotic stuff

Top Picks: New jobs, virtual events & collabs

🤑 New jobs live: We’ve just released roles in Tech, Finance, HR, Legal, Operations and a bunch of in-demand fields as part of the Black Talent Programme I’ve been yapping about. If you are feeling confident, you can apply now or pull up to the events first (up to you)…just remember #nodeadapplications 😤

🎫 URL & IRL events: This year, we are doubling down on virtual and in-person events because your network is your net worth, apparently. These events are designed to connect you directly with employers, get application/interview prep support and gain insider information on putting your best foot forward in the job market and working world. We’ve already gone live with a few events, and the schedule is gradually being filled up, so keep an eye out on the events page to be the first to grab tickets before they sell out!

🤝 Community collabs: My brother at FO Perspectives just landed a Barclays partnership. They have gone live with their 2025 Spring discovery programs focused on increasing Female representation and Black talent. They have programs across Technology, Retail Banking and the whole works! Find out more details here.

Headlines: The UK Agency making sure DEI goes nowhere!

Job Market 💼

• UK Agency on a mission to make sure DEI goes no where! (LinkedIn) - spoiler it’s Beyond Education!

• Apple to keep DEI Efforts, Though Some Adjustments Possible (Bloomberg UK) - in conversations with them as we speak!

• Workers’ rights? Labour’s employment bill gives workers a worse deal (City AM) - i can’t even keep up man

• FTSE 100: Women on boards reaches almost 45 per cent (City AM) - progress i guess

• Plans for £1bn battery gigafactory and over 1,000 new jobs revealed (City AM) - noiceee

• The Debate: Should companies publish salaries on job ads? (City AM) - yes, next :)

• The highest meal allowances employees get in banking (efinancialcareers) - niche but relevant lol

• Salaries for data science and machine learning in London finance, revealed (efinancialcareers) - all i see is racks 🤑 btw we have some Data Science roles here 👀

• Number of young people not in work or education hits 11-year high (BBC News) - yikes

• Payroll problems | Hundreds of BBC staff on repayment plans after being overpaid £4m (HR Grapevine) - they better than me boiii 🤭

• ‘Hiring is back on’ for UK consulting (Financial Times) - yh we got some announcements next week too

• Countries compete to keep skilled young workers (BBC News)

General Shenanigans 🚨

• ‘Manchester is more attractive for business students than London’ – Gary Neville’s UA92 (City AM) - so you might as well pull up to our Manny event :)

• Oil company’s lawsuit could bankrupt Greenpeace (Morning Brew) - capitalism is dark 💀

• Corporate events poised for strong growth in 2025, research finds (HR Grapevine) - and we will be contributing to that thanks!

Abit Techie 👾

• Apple AI tool transcribed the word 'racist' as 'Trump' (BBC News) - no comment lol

• Apple commits to $500bn US investment (BBC News) - interesting

• UK businesses are struggling to implement AI. Here’s why (City AM) - business idea anyone?

• Anthropic’s Claude AI is playing Pokémon on Twitch — slowly (Tech Crunch) - for the nerds

• Instagram may launch separate Reels app to take on TikTok (BBC News) - Mark has no shame lol

Investment Heads 💸

• Bitcoin drops below $90,000 as global jitters combine with Bybit hack (Reuters) - still find it funny that crypto is still a thing with all the meme coins and rug pulls 🥴

• A Disastrous Buyout Exposes Fuzzy Math in Private Equity Deals (Bloomberg UK) - ponzi scheme tings #iykyk 🤫

• 'Alexa+' assistant now features AI (LinkedIn News) - lowkey cool lowkey scary 🥴

• Nine in ten six-figure earners say they are not wealthy (City AM)

• Money blog: How much do you need to earn to be wealthy? £213,000 (Sky News) - i guess this explains the above lol?

• LSEG smashes expectations with strong growth and bold 2025 outlook (City AM)

Honourable Mention 🗣️

• Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say (AP News)

• Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe (Business Insider)

• Federal employees got asked to show their work (Morning Brew)

• BP shuns renewables in return to oil and gas (BBC News)

• Is the UK economy on the mend following Budget fallout? (City AM)

• Getting Brits to invest will take more than tweaking ISAs (City AM)

• Government offered lifeline on declining infrastructure investment (City AM)

• International earnings set to outpace domestic in growing companies (City AM)

• Is it Lunacy to Put a Data Center on the Moon? (IEEE Spectrum)

• Get coding help from Gemini Code Assist — now for free (Google Blog)

• Meta must face lawsuit claiming it prefers cheaper foreign workers (Reuters)

• Why your home is the next frontline of the climate battle? (Sky News)

• Artists release silent album in protest at AI copyright plans (Sky News)

• Silent crisis | Third of 55+ workers taking time off with poor mental health (HR Grapevine)

Headlines curated by Isobel 🤝

Career Advice: You are scaring the Huzz 😭

If you keep up with my shenanigans on TikTok, you would know about the Durag to a networking event saga.

The Mandem are always finding new ways to embarrass me 💀

I know the ladies would never!

So I guess this goes without saying then…

No durags
No ballies
No bonnets
No ski masks
No skull caps
No head scarfs
No shower caps

Or any affiliated accessory.

You are literally scaring the Huzz 😭 

The Huzz being the hiring managers giving out jobs 💸

I’ve put together a Look Book on my Pinterest to help the Mandem out

(Yes, I have a Pinterest, the Huzz love it 😏)

1. Smart casual (Top left)

   • Plain Shirt ✅

   • Trousers ✅

   • Cheeky quarter zip ✅
     

2. Tracksuits (Top right)

   • Premium baggy fit ✅

   • Tech fleeces ❌

   • Shuku Shuku tracksuits ❌

   • Corteiz joints with the fat crotch logo ❌
     

3. Simple casual look (Bottom)

   • Plain/semi-plain hoodie ✅

   • Any pair of pants (not excessively ripped) ✅

Take these tips in
Bag yourself a job
Thank me later

Early Bird tickets are SOLD OUT

So grab the re-up tickets ASAP

See you soon 🫡

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 👋🏾

Today’s entrepreneurship grind is sponsored by Lucky Day Saints, who gifted me a bunch of non-alcoholic beer (I guess I am an influencer now?) So naturally, I shared it around the office like the attention seeker that I am.

My buddy Joe was helping me get the angles right. Fun fact, Joe runs a Toothpaste startup (how niche is that). It was his birthday yesterday, so make his day and check out their IG.

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