BBC Pay Gap Casts Light on a Wider Workplace Problem

BBC Pay Gap Casts Light on a Wider Workplace Problem The release of BBC’s top earning salaries has rightly provoked furore on the recurring debate around gender pay gap. The list revealed just under a third were women, with only two women featured in the top 10, who in addition are paid considerably less than the top male earners. Pay discrepancy between men and women is sadly no new revelation, and in media unequal pay is the norm. The prime reason why BBC has attracted this anger however is because it is funded by the TV licence payer, and how that money is used must be right and justified. Being publicly owned, the BBC have a true responsibility to be the beacon of fairness, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because we need it to.  As the only broadcaster forced to disclose their figures, one does wonder the many more shielded inequalities to be discovered. Cries of disgust from the likes of Daily mail and The Sun seem out of character when I’m aware of the perpetual sexism it churns out, and that Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre raked in £1.5m in 2016, with Rupert Murdoch and chief executive Robert Thompson taking home several million each year. And that’s the real problem in this BBC debate income inequality. The BBC are just the peering tip of a giant iceberg. I hope this empowers ALL women to go into work tomorrow, look their boss in the eye and ask if they are getting paid the same as the men. https://t.co/zp8lNJQKJ3 Andrea Catherwood (@acatherwoodnews) July 23, 2017 Should we be outraged that Claudia Winkleman at £500,000 makes £1.5 million less than her male counterpart? Maybe, but maybe not, a list of celebrity names offers a warped representation of reality. What should also be scrutinised is how an elite class can earn more than five times the average UK salary of £27,600, how at least 400 BBC employees earn less than a hundredth of what Chris Evans is paid, how an assistant can be paid less than 18k in the same organisation, and how this mirrors the reality of chief executives making 20 times more than the lowest-paid staff in every public sector organisation I don’t have much more hope for the private sector. Income inequality is a complicated web of woven threads that hold back various groups from class, race, and gender. When we look at BBC top earners, 45% went to private schools, compared to 7% of the nation, and alarmingly only 10 ethnic minorities make the list… peculiarly enough, the voices of these underrepresented groups were lost amongst all the sound and fury. BBC diversity targets and monitoring programmes are failing women, BAME and the working class, and a sincere reflection and debate is needed by everyone. Let this revealing rich list be the trigger for change in workplaces everywhere, lifting the veil on pay disparity and changing the view that extreme income inequality is an unavoidable norm. Employer or employee, if you have strong views on the BBC pay row, then take that passion and direct it to the workplace you know, and ask: how can things be more fair and equal for everyone?

Resume Writing Tips - Apply These Techniques to Your Resume

Resume Writing Tips - Apply These Techniques to Your ResumeResume writing is one of the most important jobs in the world. This article is going to talk about resume writing techniques that you can apply to your resume.Now this does not mean that you can skip out on the editing part of your resume writing. Editing and proofreading are essential parts of any form of writing. You will find them in every form of writing - not just resume writing.The point I am trying to make here is that you do not need to have the best writing skill or knowledge in order to take advantage of resume writing techniques. The important thing is to be aware of the techniques you can apply. There are many things you can do to help improve your resume.It is a very simple process of practicing. Once you know how to do resume writing it becomes easier for you to write a resume quickly and use more appealing words. It is the same process you have used to make thousands of resume copies.Of course this process does take time, but it is well worth it. You will never get to a point where you are repeating yourself or writing the same word over again.Make sure that your resume copy is easy to read and comprehend. There are many tricks and techniques you can apply here. For example, you should do away with the big paragraph headers and let the bullets alone.Another trick is to allow some white space in between each paragraph on your resume copy. This allows you to keep the reader's attention so that they can stop and re-read your resume after a short while.Resume writing tips are simple things that you can do to improve your resume writing skills. Ifyou apply these tips consistently, you will see a dramatic improvement in your resume.