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Whats up with the lack of Guys and POC in AC's?
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<blockquote data-quote="OH" data-source="post: 72023" data-attributes="member: 1150"><p>Depends on the firm is my genuine view, as I've had both sides of the spectrum. </p><p></p><p>I can't remember the last AC I attended which wasn't at least 60% female to be honest, which I frankly expect given my law degree was also majority female. </p><p></p><p>I have been the only BAME, once out of 20 candidates, a few times both at the ACs and then on subsequent Vacation Schemes (only BAME on one out of 12 and 2 out of 15 on one I am on atm) but given my ethnicity is <1% of the population I also expect it to an extent. I found the lack of BAME disconcerting on the first one, given I was in the middle of central London and was the only BAME in a room of 15ish, but overtime I've become fairly used to it as part of the profession. I've just had the candidate list released for another upcoming vacation scheme and circa 50% are BAME which in itself is something I will consider when interviewing for a training contract, then again I'd also be the first person from my background they've hired in years based on their recent diversity figures. </p><p></p><p>DM me if you're curious about specific firm names as there are general themes repeated across certain firms which I've heard from BAME friends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OH, post: 72023, member: 1150"] Depends on the firm is my genuine view, as I've had both sides of the spectrum. I can't remember the last AC I attended which wasn't at least 60% female to be honest, which I frankly expect given my law degree was also majority female. I have been the only BAME, once out of 20 candidates, a few times both at the ACs and then on subsequent Vacation Schemes (only BAME on one out of 12 and 2 out of 15 on one I am on atm) but given my ethnicity is <1% of the population I also expect it to an extent. I found the lack of BAME disconcerting on the first one, given I was in the middle of central London and was the only BAME in a room of 15ish, but overtime I've become fairly used to it as part of the profession. I've just had the candidate list released for another upcoming vacation scheme and circa 50% are BAME which in itself is something I will consider when interviewing for a training contract, then again I'd also be the first person from my background they've hired in years based on their recent diversity figures. DM me if you're curious about specific firm names as there are general themes repeated across certain firms which I've heard from BAME friends. [/QUOTE]
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