Recruitment
We celebrate diversity in all its dimensions; not only with respect to legally protected characteristics, but also through the individuality of thought, life experiences, and work styles provided by our employee. We know that Pearson is at its best when each person in the organization feels welcomed, respected, supported and valued as a team member, and we continually strive to create an inclusive environment.
We always seek the best candidates for a role without regard for race, gender, age, physical ability, religion or sexual orientation. We do not set specific numerical targets for recruitment or promotion of particular groups, but work to ensure that our pool of candidates is diverse. We run a number of initiatives to ensure we attract and retain talented individuals from the broadest demographic.
In the UK, our award winning internship programme, the Pearson Diversity Summer Internship Programme (run under the Equality Act) addresses the traditional under-representation of ethnic minorities within our company and industry. Since 2004, we have been offering paid, short term internships to graduates from visible ethnic minority backgrounds. Our innovative programme has been ranked amongst the best internships in the industry by the Guardian newspaper and The Bookseller magazine. In 2011, the programme won the Race for Opportunity Chairman’s Award for innovation in recruitment. Visit: http://summerinternships.pearson.com for more information.
The Helen Fraser Fellowship
We established the Helen Fraser Fellowship to honour the work of Penguin’s former Managing Director, Helen Fraser The fellowship was set up to locate and train editorial talent within Britain’s black and ethnic minorities. The selected candidate is offered a six month paid traineeship within one of Penguin’s literary imprints. For more details ‘search’ Helen Fraser Fellowship on the Penguin website. (Jobs section)
Open Days
Each year in October or November, we open our doors to students and graduates who are interested in a career in publishing. It’s a unique opportunity to hear firsthand from Penguin, DK and Education employees about the areas in which they work and their individual career paths. See our video to find out more.
We firmly believe in the value of nurturing and developing a diverse group of candidates to be our future leaders. We work hard to retain all of our talented people by offering attractive reward and benefit packages, providing consistent opportunities to develop their career, and supporting an inclusive workplace.
Diversity Advocates
In the US, we are working to connect our Diversity & Inclusion efforts across the country through our Diversity Advocates Program. As part of the program, staff members apply and are selected from around the organization to serve as Advocates, working closely with the Diversity & Inclusion team to operationalize our Diversity strategy and create a workplace, customer and supplier environment that embraces all aspects of diversity.
US Internship Program
In the US, The Pearson Education Internship Program (PEIP) was designed to create a pipeline of talent by attracting and developing high potential college students or recent college graduates as summer interns and convert the best performers into full time positions.
We also work with colleges, universities, and community organisations to partner on recruitment initiatives so that we can ensure we are attracting a workforce that is reflective of all dimensions of diversity.
