A staggering 89% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people would hide their sexual orientation should the matter, hypothetically, be brought up during a job interview, and another overwhelming 84% have asserted they would struggle being ‘out’ at work- at least in their early career.
This may be because 76% of all respondents in a recent Boutique Marketing study believe homophobia and racism is still rife in the UK workplace.
The research, on behalf of the UK’s top equality and inclusion jobs event – the Diversity Careers Show, happening in London on Friday 19 October, at the Grand Connaught Rooms – surveyed more than two hundred students and graduates from all kinds of backgrounds, including sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender and disability with the aforementioned percentages showing only a few of the outcomes from the poll.
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According to the research results, the participants (all from the UK’s top 20 Russell Group Universities) have serious concerns about their diversity at interview stage and 63% of people from ethnic backgrounds believe their ethnicity could somehow affect their ability to secure a job.
Another 82% of the respondents with physical disabilities are fearful that their difference would be a barrier throughout the selection and recruitment process in comparison to other candidates.