Untapped Resources: Skilled Immigrant Professionals are being Overlooked

I denne spesielle episoden blir vi kjent med 28 år gamle Jawad Raja, sønn av forfatteren Abida Raja, og hans historie om en oppvekst i et konservativt norsk-pakistansk hjem preget av negativ sosial kontroll, og fysisk og psykisk vold. Jawad deler åpenhjertig om hans utfordrende oppvekst og hvordan han til slutt søkte hjelp. Med det sosiale støttesystemet som bakteppe, avdekker vi kompleksiteten han møtte på, og vi belyser kampene han sto overfor. Her løfter vi fram hvordan Jawad tok kontroll over sitt eget liv.

Lalla Coulibaly created DABA for herself, and found that there was a desperate need in the market for just such a platform: a network of approved, accessible haircare providers for curly/textured hair in Norway. She shares some of the personal motivations & obstacles, and the powerful impact it has had on a large population of people who are under-represented in the industry. The industry too benefits of her platform as they amend their practices to become more inclusive and attract a new client base.

Yvonne Thompson, CBE, talks to Terry-Jo about her journey to success, and how her passion for building diverse and inclusive workplaces gets her up early in the morning and drives her boundless energy.

The founders of Less Stress, Gabrile and Zivile, share what they have learned about stress, our bodies' reactions to it, and how it impacts our work and vice versa.

Architect Daniel Clearwater and Business Development Specialist Meryn Willetts discuss the pressing problem of losing out on valuable assets when organisations overlook immigrant professionals. Daniel offers the perspective of the skilled work seeker, while Meryn gives insight into the recruitment of skilled workers, which is what her company, Umbrella, specialises in. Terry-Jo joins them for this interesting ride.

Miriam Hardarson, agency director at Sopra Steria shares the powerful way that Caroline Farberger's keynote resonated with her, and how her own journey as a young leader mirrored Caroline's. She does not sugarcoat her own and her organisation's areas in need of more work, and reveals that allowing herself to be more of a complex, vulnerable and empathetic person, helped her become a much better leader.

Salamatu Kamara has a candid conversation (warning: swearwords!) with Terry-Jo about disability discrimination and the long journey ahead for implementing real inclusion. Salamatu has been using a wheelchair since her arrival in Norway as a toddler. Both fed up and optimistic, the discussion on accessibility for the disabled is a vivid example of how we resist inclusion efforts in our work and social worlds.

Shirin Tinnesand, Refugee and Migration Coordinator at WADI, talks to Terry-Jo about the importance of building a regulated process of aid for the most vulnerable: refugees. With her work at WADI, she has helped intercept many attempts to exploit vulnerable refugees in the confusion of the unregulated aid process, with some brazen criminals masquerading as private citizens providing needed aid.

In this episode we dive into conversation with the Talent Management Lead at Polestar, Amadéus Johansson. What happens when you try to disrupt an industry by wanting to be the most diverse automobile company globally? Learn more about how they work actively to find ways to both learn, take action and create change both within Polestar and beyond in their industry. What does it mean to dare to think differently to drive innovation and change? Learn more about how they try to bring more transparency into the automobile industry to attract a more diverse talent pool. Listen in to learn from their work in diversity and inclusion and how Polestar have worked on putting diversity at the core of their strategy.

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