Fri, 27 Jun 2014
Chancellor George Osborne will today announce the creation of 1,200 jobs at Deloitte, the business advisory group, with 500 of the positions at its new digital business.

Including existing roles, Deloitte will be hiring a total of 4,500 people by December 2015, with 2,000 positions going to graduates and school leavers.
 
As the firm expands its digital business it will also today pledge its support to the government’s Your Life campaign, aimed at increasing the number of women studying science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects.
 
As part of its pledge Deloitte will commit to:

• encourage all 600 employees in its Women in Technology Network to share career insights and experience, as well as act as mentors to young people via the firm’s dedicated Deloitte Access programme in partnership with Teach First

• engage with at least 2,000 pupils and students over the next 12 months through its schools outreach, mentoring and careers programmes. This programme aims to raise aspirations and skills of young people and where possible will look to educate young people about STEM subjects and careers

• offer 120 young people from 15 of its Deloitte Access schools the opportunity to engage with technology and digital experts at Deloitte around its annual Telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) Predictions

• offer up to 50 summer placement, work experience and BrightStart roles across the firm, dedicated to STEM careers.