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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

It’s fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be recruited into a managerial role than their middle-class peers.

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New Film Highlights The Work Needed To Overcome The Class Pay Gap

The Horizons Tracker

In the hit HBO/BBC drama Industry , aside from the general debauchery of the characters, one thing that’s noticeable is the upper-class backgrounds of the leads. Only Harry heralds from a working-class background, and he visibly struggles to fit in in a world in which the rest of the cast seems to know precisely how to speak and act.

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Being Working Class In “Elite” Professions

The Horizons Tracker

At the back end of last year, I wrote about the “class gap” that exists in many professions. Indeed, so pronounced is this gap that the Social Mobility Foundation mark November 14, as this is the effective date at which working-class employees stop earning compared to their peers.

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How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success

Skip Prichard

In Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success , Ron Friedman provides a blueprint for learning and adopting practices that will propel you to the next level of your success journey. World-class athletes don’t acquire new skills by clinging to their comfort zone. Ron Friedman. .

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Optimize Your Website for Success: On-Page SEO Best Practices

Strategy Driven

On-page SEO involves making small but important changes that help tell search engines like Google exactly what your website is about. Think of it as putting up clear signs and organizing your store shelves neatly so customers (and search engines) can find what they need quickly. Several tools can help you track your keyword rankings.

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The Increasing Pressures On The Middle Class

The Horizons Tracker

The rise of the middle class has arguably been the key social trend of the last 100 years, with the growth underpinning a host of social and economic trends. The trend is not guaranteed to continue however, with a new report from the OECD highlighting the pressure currently being placed on the middle class in a host of high-income countries.

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Revealing the Value Often Overlooked in Executive Recruiting – A Look Into the Executive Search Process

N2Growth Blog

To compete as a world-class company, world-class executive leadership is required. Instead, they focus on bringing immeasurable value to your executive search by deeply understanding the company’s current and future needs while using best-in-class research and assessment practices to source the world’s best leaders.

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