HerAdvice: Episode 5 – Removing barriers to entry

15 Dec 2023

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In our final episode for this year Tara Sutton, State Director at BT, sits down with Alisdair Barr, Founder and CEO of Striver. We look to the future and discuss not only how to attract young professionals to the industry and provide interesting, challenging careers for them but also how to retain great employees. Alisdair is passionate about helping both graduates and those changing careers 'fall into' advice by removing barriers.

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