tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post8282716472260607243..comments2024-02-13T01:35:29.765-06:00Comments on MultiCultClassics: 12899: UK Solves Diversity Dilemma.HighJivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372784671087002387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-71281711812741524992015-10-21T18:51:11.594-05:002015-10-21T18:51:11.594-05:00There's a Tumblr page saluting every time ther...There's a Tumblr page saluting every time there's an all-male panel somewhere on planet earth. <br /><br />There needs to be one for every time a white ad agency person takes a photo surrounded by smiling brown / inner city / teenage / etc. trainees.<br /><br />http://allmalepanels.tumblr.com/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-5835021121333011772015-10-20T12:01:48.139-05:002015-10-20T12:01:48.139-05:00White ad agencies and holding companies feeling pr...White ad agencies and holding companies feeling pressure about their lack of diversity love to pitch in on go-nowhere teenage training schemes like these.<br /><br />First, it's a great PR stunt. You can show your very white agency team surrounded by lots of smiling minority teenagers and it makes for a great visual in annual reports and news blasts to clients. As long as shareholders and clients don't ask deep questions (like, how many of these teens were hired on graduation in your agency?), it's all good. <br /><br />Second, you never have to show any hard numbers. You can shut down the programme before any of the kids graduate, and you've done your good deed in the press. If your programme DOES last a few years, you still don't ever have to show hiring numbers. You just vaguely quote "X number of students have benefited from our agency's commitment to diversity since 201X!" and be done with it. <br /><br />This is a win-win situation for agencies, and a losing proposition for minority students who get a pep talk now and then from agency insiders when the cameras are rolling or shooting for PR purposes, but are never let in the agency door for full time work when push comes to shove. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com