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Finding and keeping diverse new talent

"I’m not that young - I drove a bus for 12 years. But I do feel like I am in the bottom half of the age range here" - Donna Pryce

With a looming ‘retirement bulge’ in the industry, Paul Clifton visits Southern’s Selhurst Depot, and looks at efforts to widen candidate selection. 

The rail industry has long acknowledged that it is one of the least diverse employment sectors.

That’s not perception. It’s fact. Pale, male, and middle-aged.