KPMG is in conversation with the JS Group about ambitious plans to explore and tackle the barriers that prevent the most disadvantaged students from gaining the graduate jobs they deserve
KPMG is working with the JS Group to explore and share innovative ways to tackle the significant barriers to good graduate employment for university students who come from low socio-economic backgrounds. KPMG is a world leader in this work and the conversation is part of an extensive commitment to shifting the diversity of their workforce and senior team. They also seek to partner in work that has the potential to really shift the dial on the employment prospects of the most disadvantaged student groups.
The project seeks to build a better understanding of how large corporates can reach low socio-economic students in higher education at scale and in a way that is distinctly different from more traditional graduate recruitment processes.
The initiative facilitates a deeper and more impactful relationship between employers and groups seriously under-represented in the graduate workforce.
The JS Group works with more than 400,000 students across 30 UK HE partners. The students are mostly from low socio-economic groups and in receipt of institutional support bursaries.