Top jobs still lack diversity and equality

Privately educated, white, male graduates are more likely to be recruited to senior roles and be paid higher wages by elite multinational firms, new research shows. Those educated privately are twice as likely to earn higher starting wages than state educated graduates, according to the study involving Durham University. Male graduates are also four times more likely to have higher starting salaries than women who also work in these firms. Accountancy, consulting and finance Researchers used graduate employment figures to map the career paths of 12,000 graduates from UK universities working in accountancy, consulting and finance. From this, they looked at 3,260 graduates recruited by 31 leading firms like Goldman Sachs, Barclays Bank, HSBC and PricewaterhouseCoopers. They found that accounting for other factors entry to these firms compared to others in the sector was relatively diverse. Ethnic minority graduates were more likely to be recruited and women were just as likely to be recruited as men.