Recently we've discovered that posh people prefer to give other posh people jobs if they can possibly manage it.
Old school tie, class conservation, whatever you call it, as well as being unfair and unjust its a criminal waste of talent that this country can scarcely afford.
News of another seemingly endemic case of the right people being overlooked for the wrong reasons also came via a report into flexible working opportunities - or rather the lack of them.
An estimated 14.1 million people in Britain are seeking flexibility in their working hours or location but after analysing 3.5m job adverts the employment website Timewise found just 6.2% of them both mentioned a degree of flexibility and offered a salary deemed high enough to live on – the full time equivalent of £20,000 or more.
The research, funded by the Joseph RowntreeFoundation, concluded that employers were failing to capitalise on changes to the way people work and the demands of modern like in order to attract and retain the skilled workers they need.
I should cocoa.
The way families operate, especially financially has altered so much in recent years that the lack of genuine flexibility in the job market smacks of being woefully out of touch. Employers may as well ask for a full clean penny farthing licence.
The analysis found the proportion of jobs advertised with flexible working options varied greatly by sector. Health and social care led the way, with 20% of jobs advertised offering flexibility. Education was next, with 13% offering flexibility. The lowest ranked for flexibility were engineering and manufacturing jobs as well as creative roles, covering public relations, advertising and marketing.
The study also found that flexibility declines as salary levels increase, further barring parents and especially mothers, career progression when they look to return back to work after parental leave.
There has been nothing short of a revolution in the way we live and work these past five to ten years yet seemingly the world of work is lagging sorely behind.
A frustrated and under utilised pool of capable and willing people to the tune of 14 million individuals beggars belief - and if you're one of them and don't happen to have the 'right' accent then currently your luck really is out.
