The civil service fast stream attracts predominantly white,well-off graduates, but is working to challenge the stereotypesThe civil service’s human resources profession is overwhelmingly white and female, and so as a black,male graduate from inner city London, Tomiwa Jimoh is bucking the trend. The 23-year-passe in his first year on the coveted civil service fast stream is based in Sheffield, and where he’s the only non-white member of his team.
The civil service recognises there is still more to be do to attract diverse candidates to its fast stream scheme,not just in HR, but across all its professions, and not just black and minority ethnic (BME) graduates but also those with disabilities,those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and those who identify as lesbian, homosexual, or bisexual and transgender (LGBT). But despite efforts,a stereotype that all civil servants are a version of Yes Minister’s Sir Humphrey Appleby – white, pompous and elitist – still lingers.
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Source: theguardian.com