Introducing our brand-new website! Welcome to MTLZA! You might be wondering what that stands for, it’s Making the Leap – (Generation) Z and Alpha. This website is for the use of young aspiring professionals in London who come from less-advantaged backgrounds. For...
On Thursday, 26th September we held our sixth annual Social Mobility Careers Fair at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. For the third year running, the Fair was jointly supported by CMC Markets and the Peter Cruddas Foundation. The employers exhibiting at the event...
Jawan Hussein Fellow and Features Writer Resilience is defined as ‘the ability to adapt successfully in the face of stress and adversity’, while perseverance is ‘persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success’. Developing...
On Thursday, 18th April, 11 Making The Leap Fellows attended a corporate experience day at private markets company, StepStone. The day-long forum, held in their London office, gave young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds an opportunity to learn about...
Networking can be a stress-inducing event regardless of how far along your career path you are. Whether you are the CEO of a major corporation or just starting out in your profession, being put in an unfamiliar setting with people you don’t know is inherently...