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Does anybody know if you can switch employer on sponsorship?from outside UK
My situation:I have filled visa and waiting for it from few weeks with company A and don’t want to join then because I have better offer from company B. Company B wants me to withdraw my visa application so they can file a new one for me and they r telling me they can’t generate my CoS until I withdraw application.How shall I withdraw my visa until I don’t even have CoS from company B??
What is the culture like, type of work and reputation of Capco in the Data & Analytics space?
I have some good ex colleagues who moved over there and also looked up on LinkedIn and see lots of seemingly smart and accomplished people in their D&A team in the UK.
I'll ask my ex colleagues too, but wanted to see if people here have any opinion or information on this too.
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M1: you summed it up quite well: for graduate hiring there is definitely a DEI focus. Our grad groups are completely unrepresentative of both the national and local population (and the candidate cohort).
But after that nobody cares, we just pick whoever will make us the most money.
This is such an Americanised viewpoint. I don’t mean this negatively, but have you been to London recently?
I get what you mean. Sometimes I can’t help but think this as I’ve been rejected many times - of course I cannot always be accepted for every role I apply but it sometimes crosses my mind
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It depends on the ethnicity itself, many people don’t realise it in London but I personally experienced it before.
There’re jobs that’ll just turn you down when they see your name because of stereotype or other factors beyond my understanding.
While London is diverse but people hire likes into their teams unfortunately whether people like to admit it or not.
I absolutely understand why you think that but it’s not something I or the people in my team look at. That said, I have thought long and hard about doing this but didn’t in the end.
Everyone who doesn’t get why you’re asking this must be white British and possibly thinking other people are being promoted over them because of ethnicity/gender.
D1, the professional victims are the ones constantly moaning about DEI
As a recruiter for consulting and M&A- no, we do not even look at the names. The type of experience is hard to come by so we can’t afford to reject people for any reason other than success in the role even if we wanted to.
No don't. Just make sure it's readable, and on the application form, they usually include preferred name that you would like to be called.
This will vary so much by hiring individual, unfortunately. I do a ton of CV filtering and interviewing and it makes no difference to me (don't get me wrong, I have other biases I have to work against), but I've seen the whole spectrum of responses from other hiring colleagues. Overall though, I don't recommend making any changes - do you really want to work for people who dismiss you just on the basis of your name? What do you think that would mean for your performance reviews and progression opportunities?
If you came to the UK after secondary school, your resume will look foreign, your accent will be foreign, etc. No point.
If you were born here or came young and the only telltale sign is your appearance, then it's different.
I think having work permit is more important than your name lol. no one reads CVs anymore till u pass ur psychometric tests
I've known this approach to work in the past. I would give it a go and see what works for you.