Happy belated New Year Gang,

A very brief one this week to kickstart the first write up of 2025.

Don’t worry, I have 47 more weeks left to yap your ear off.

So stay tuned 😏

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• Friday Yap 🗣️

• Headlines 🗞️

• Candid Memes 🙂

• Employer Referrals 📨

• CEO Updates 💸

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Friday Yap 🗣️

I started 2025 on a bad note.

• Ex-clients delaying invoice payments

• I caught the nasty flu for most of Jan

• Significantly behind on everything

I was legit fighting for my life bruh 😭

So, the newsletter had to take a back seat.

But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t working 😤

We are going live real soon with:

🗞️ Tech jobs from a popular news outlet
🗓️ More events: Virtual & In-Person
👀 New employers & industries
💼 Full-time job opportunities
🫡 Summer Internships

First event of 2025: A virtual insights session for Uni students in collaboration with a world-leading global Bank and Stormzy’s #MERKYBOOKS.

Spaces are extremely limited, so register ASAP.

Headlines 🗞️

Job Market 💼

• Public sector pay gap threatens UK cyber resilience (City AM) - putting national security at risk by penny pinching 😃 #howgreedy

• Salesforce cuts 1,000 jobs as it joins Meta, Microsoft and Apple in AI pivot (City AM) - They are hiring more Sales people to slang AI products btw 💸

• Aldi to create 1,600 new jobs and expand (City AM) - not corporate but a win is a win, can’t be too picky in this job market 😬

• DEI more crucial than ever, says Lloyds of London (City AM) - anyone got links to HR contacts at Lloyds of London 👀

• Stolen phones in London is £50 million a year industry according to MET (City AM) - I always say there’s money in every industry to be honest

General Shenanigans 🚨

• UK private medical insurance sign-ups near-record high amid NHS backlog (City AM) - erm where’s everyone getting money to sign up? #nogatekeeping 🙄

• Naomi Campbell set to fight charity ban (City AM) - Sis just wants to embezzle money in peace man allow her 🙄

• Could Trump’s DEI backlash flow into London? (City AM) - Answer: It depends 😃

Abit Techie 👾

• Salesforce cuts 1,000 jobs as it joins Meta, Microsoft and Apple in AI pivot (City AM) - They are hiring more Sales people to slang AI products btw 💸

Investment Heads 💸

• FTSE 100 surges after Bank of England cuts interest rate (City AM)

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 ⬇️

CEO Updates 💸

Appreciate you for making it to the end of the newsletter Gang. A very rusty write-up this week, but I am just easing back into the flow of content, so allow me 😬

For those that are new here, this is the mad scientist behind this whole operation ⬇️

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