SOCIAL MEDIA AT HEART OF CAMPAIGN TO WIDEN ACCESS TO ACCOUNTANCY JOBS

摘要

Accountancy firms and professional bodies are using social media to drive up social mobility within the profession and provide greater opportunities to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with the launch of a new scheme to improve diversity and access to careers in accountancy. The Access Accountancy scheme, which is supported by the ICAEW and a number of leading accounting firms, was launched at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson secondary school in Islington. It has the backing of Alan Milbum, chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, who said he hoped it would 'inspire thousands of young people, who might have thought accountancy was out of their reach, to investigate the opportunities available'.