LONDON, May 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- myGwork, the largest global LGBTQ+ business
platform, will offer complimentary access to its award-winning
allyship course to the first 500 sign-ups to this year's WorkPride
Conference.
WorkPride, from 17-21 June 2024,
will once again unite thousands of virtual attendees worldwide
enabling them to exchange insights and strategies for fostering
inclusive workplaces that honour all sexual orientations, gender
identities, and expressions. Like last year, the week-long event
will provide LGBTQ+ professionals, graduates, allies, and employers
the opportunity to advance workplace diversity, equity and
inclusion (DE&I) initiatives thanks to 60 panels and workshops,
delivered by over 250 experts.
Training and awareness initiatives are crucial for creating
bias-free inclusive workplaces, which is why myGwork is proud to
extend complimentary access to its award-winning allyship course
from the myGwork Academy to the first 500 sign-ups for WorkPride
2024. Launched last year, the myGwork Academy offers practical and
relevant training and education to help create inclusive
environments for all.
This year's event will also commemorate myGwork's 10th
anniversary. Over the past decade, myGwork has been at the
forefront of empowering and accelerating LGBTQ+ inclusion within
workplaces. The upcoming five-day WorkPride conference not only
celebrates this milestone but also serves as a pivotal moment for
myGwork's co-founders Adrien and Pierre
Gaubert to unveil their vision for the next decade. They
will reveal their new plan aimed at eradicating workplace
discrimination and ensuring that everyone can work authentically
and advance in their careers.
Some of myGwork's key celebratory milestones over the last
decade include recent investments exceeding £3 million, leading to
a doubling of the global team to around 40 employees and
international expansion. Additionally, the platform launched its
award-winning myGwork Academy, offering practical and innovative
DEI training to support workplace inclusion efforts. Other notable
achievements include:
- Empowering and accelerating LGBTQ+ inclusion for more than
350 corporate partners, including FTSE 100 companies, assisting
them in attracting and retaining LGBTQ+ talent while enhancing
their employer brand visibility.
- Receiving an impressive average of over 230,000 job
applications per month, demonstrating the tangible impact of the
platform in connecting talent with inclusive opportunities.
- Garnering a global readership exceeding 2 million and fostering
an engaged professional networking community of over half a million
members, comprising LGBTQ+ professionals, graduates, and
allies.
- Spearheading initiatives such as WorkPride, a flagship
five-day global conference held during Pride month, and WorkFair,
the largest virtual careers fair connecting LGBTQ+ graduates and
students with inclusive employers.
- Hosting regular monthly panels addressing key DE&I topics
and careers-related workshops, drawing hundreds of attendees each
month and fostering dialogue and learning around topical workplace
and community issues for the LGBTQ+ community.
- Earning nominations for prestigious accolades such as the
upcoming National Diversity Awards 2024, alongside securing
multiple awards in the tech and DEI space over the past decade,
highlighting myGwork's dedication to workplace inclusion and tech
innovation.
"As we celebrate a decade of myGwork, we are immensely
proud of the strides we have made in advancing LGBTQ+ inclusion
within workplaces globally. Our journey has been marked by profound
moments of progress and meaningful collaborations thanks to our
corporate and community partners, all of which have contributed to
creating environments where authenticity is celebrated and
diversity thrives," stated myGwork's co-founders Adrien and Pierre Gaubert. "As we embark on the
next chapter, our commitment to creating discrimination-free
workplaces remains unwavering. Together, we will continue to
champion inclusivity, empower allies, and pave the way for a future
where everyone can work with pride, regardless of how they
identify."
Once again, myGwork's WorkPride conference promises to be a
dynamic platform for dialogue, learning, and
collaboration. "Join us as we celebrate a decade of myGwork's
impact and collectively chart the course for the next era of LGBTQ+
inclusion in the workplace," added Adrien
and Pierre Gaubert.
This year's event is sponsored by long-standing corporate
partners such as Booking.com and RS Group. Commenting on their
support for myGwork as WorkPride's headline sponsor, Booking.com
stated: "Booking.com wholeheartedly supports myGwork because
fostering inclusivity means embracing all facets of diversity. By
standing with myGwork, we affirm our commitment to creating a
workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to
bring their authentic selves to the table."
RS Group also returns this year as a proud Day sponsor of
WorkPride. "RS Group are proud to support WorkPride 2024 in
collaboration with myGwork. We proactively work to ensure we
build an inclusive organisation where our current and future people
can bring their true self to work each day and thrive. Our
partnership with myGwork ensures that we not only attract new and
diverse talent but also that they help us learn, grow and evolve to
be the best we can be," shared RS Group's Jessica Chu. "As the Group Head of Diversity and
Inclusion I was excited to commence working with myGwork at RS
Group as I knew it would be a great partnership that would help us
attract talent, and mature in our thinking in support of the
LGBTQIA+ community. That was five years ago, and each and
every year has been a success."
In fact, Chu has been involved with myGwork since its inception
in 2014: "Personally, I have known the co-founders Adrien and Pierre Gaubert for 10 years. I
must have been one of the first few to join myGwork, so it is
exciting to see that over a decade has passed and they are still
thriving, growing and sharing their brilliance with all of
us. Congratulations on your 10th year anniversary
myGwork!"
For more information about WorkPride and register, click
here.
About myGwork
myGwork is the largest talent platform and professional network
for LGBTQ+ professionals, graduates, inclusive employers and anyone
who believes in workplace equality. It empowers the LGBTQ+
community by offering individual members a safe space where they
can connect with inclusive employers, find jobs, mentors,
professional events, e-learning/training, news and much more.
myGwork's co-founders and twin brothers Adrien and
Pierre Gaubert have won many accolades in the diversity and
inclusion space since setting up the platform. They have been
honoured as 2023's inspirational role models in the Global
Diversity List, and featured in the UK's Top 50 inclusion champions
in the 2022/23 Diversity Power List. They also won the Attitude
Young LGBTQ+ Entrepreneur of the Year Award and named as one of
the Top 100 Global LGBT+ OUTstanding Executives. myGwork has won
many awards too. Most recently myGwork scooped the 2023 Award for
the D&I Tech Initiative category, and the co-founders, as well
as the Bank of London's 2022
Rainbow Honours. It was also shortlisted for the 2023 European
Diversity Awards and The 2022 Digital Leaders Impact Awards
celebrating UK tech for good. Additionally, the company has been
listed in the Top 5 Startups with Pride by Geek Times and
won the Diva Magazine Award of Corporate
Allies.
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