Several surveys this year have confirmed that today’s talented professionals are only prepared to work for inclusive employers, especially Millennials and Generation Z. #WorkFair 2022, themed Working With Pride, will help LGBTQ+ candidates to connect with those inclusive employers. Returning on 19 October, the world’s largest virtual careers fair for LGBTQ+ professionals and graduates will once again help to match diverse talent with roles at progressive and inclusive companies.
With many more LGBTQ+ professionals now searching for jobs with inclusive employers, #WorkFair 2022 is the only free global virtual event providing direct access to inclusive employers across all industries who are ready and waiting to hire. Job seekers will get the opportunity to connect live with recruitment teams to chat about existing opportunities and even book interviews with participating companies they want to join. They can also attend several free webinars and workshops throughout the day to help them hone their job search and interviewing skills. Experts will provide candidates with meaningful life skills such as finding their purpose, bringing their whole self to work, and how to get ahead in the workplace.
Ahead of this year’s event, myGwork will release the findings of its inaugural LGBTQ+ student graduate survey, revealing factors that are likely to help attract and retain them. Additionally, myGwork will launch a new campaign, created with Enactus, featuring students sharing what Working with Pride means to them.
To date, myGwork has helped hundreds of inclusive employers to attract and retain diverse talent, thanks to its increasing offering of online events, content, diversity and inclusion training, and recruitment events, such as #WorkFair and WorkPride. FTSE 100 companies and household brand names, such as State Street, Netflix, Willis Towers Watson, PepsiCo, Capgemini, Synechron, Clyde and Co, Reed Smith LLP, Criteo, Clifford Chance, Ab InBev, Capco, Pimco, Pearson, Omnicom Media Group and many more already use the platform with huge success.
“In the first 12 months of the partnership, we recruited 692 wonderful colleagues across the globe – from the USA, UK, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific to the Middle East – into the Pearson family from myGwork, we have continued to build on that success in the second year of our partnership and remain very impressed by our partnership with myGwork. The combination of the excellent community and platform, the superb events that are offered and the calibre of media and communications support, dovetails with the ability that myGwork gives us to reach out to great talented people and enhances our credibility and visibility within the LGBTQ+ community.”
Kevin Lyons, Pearson’s Senior HR Manager
#WorkFair 2022 will allow organisations to find suitable candidates for open positions, while showcasing their company’s inclusive employer credentials to the LGBTQ+ business and graduate community.
Graduates, students and professionals can register to attend WorkFair completely free of charge here.