We are excited to share a preview of all the episodes in Season One with you. Episodes will be launched every two weeks and are available to listen free across all major podcast platforms. Subscribers to the Climbing The Rungs mailing list hear the episodes before anyone else!
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In this episode we discuss:
The tragic experience that led Leanne to pursue a career in Medicine
The power of understanding your ‘Why’ and purpose
The challenges of moving from a state school to a private school
Starting an award winning charity and being recognised as a Queen’s Young Leader
Why children of Doctors are 24x more likely to be Doctors than other children
What can be done to make the medical profession more accessible
In this episode we discuss:
Why the poorest families tend to stay poor
Whether education is the sole solution to inequality
The value of mentorship
How social codes and unwritten rules hold less privileged professionals back at work
The specific initiatives and programmes that help less privileged students/graduates break into Law
How to progress your career as a Corporate Lawyer
In this episode we discuss:
How working at car-boot sales set Shauna up for a successful career
How travelling helps build your cultural capital
If getting a First Class degree helps your career
The intersectionality of class and gender
Why socioeconomic background isn’t spoken about at work
What you need to do to progress your sales career and win a place at Presidents Club
In this episode we discuss:
Tolu’s experience growing up as a quadruplet
Getting into the University of Cambridge despite her Vice Principle not supporting her application
Why privileged Oxbridge graduates earn on average £5000 more than their less privileged peers
The skills you need to be a D&I Leader
Why socio-economic background isn’t focussed on at work from the perspective of a D&I professional
Why ethnically diverse professionals may have to unlearn parts of their upbringing to progress at work
In this episode we discuss:
The importance of extracurricular activities and why first generation students don’t participate in them
Why working class graduates from elite universities earn less than their privileged peers
The challenges of getting a graduate job and how to overcome them
What you can do to start and progress your career in Management Consulting
In this episode we discuss:
The importance of teachers recognising their students potential and helping them realise it
What it was like to meet and interview the youngest Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai
The one thing you must do to convert your spring week or summer internship
What Inez did that helped her get promoted to Vice President one year early and ahead of her peers
How cultural nuances may advantage or disadvantage your career
In this episode we discuss:
How teachers in state schools can restrict students potential
How Tony’s socio-economic background was used against him at university
Why privately educated professionals are overrepresented across industries
The specific initiatives that help less privileged students/graduates break into it Advertising
How to successfully progress your career in Advertising
In this episode we discuss:
Rene’s experience growing up without a computer and how this affected her studies
The consequences of the push to online learning for social mobility
The specific initiatives that help less privileged students/graduates break into Financial Services
Why professionals from less privileged backgrounds take 25% longer to progress through pay grades in Financial Services than their privileged colleagues
In this episode we discuss:
Why young people should go to university even if they know they want to be entrepreneurs
The intersection of class and race
Wilfrid’s journey into entrepreneurship and how he raised $1.5M in less than 10 months
Why networking is one of the most important skills to develop
Why 43% of all VC seed-funding in the UK goes to teams with founders who attended elite universities
In this episode we discuss:
James’s background growing up in Warrington
Why James founded a mentoring programme specifically for working class students interested in international politics
How unpaid internships affect social mobility
Why 56% of domestic migrants to London are from privileged backgrounds and the consequences of this
The hidden programme that helped James break into foreign affairs
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