PwC's Head of People: How 'lazy' recruiters are letting down women

With a female Prime Minister and renewed focus on closing the gender pay gap, the UK business world once again seems to be taking the issue of gender equality seriously.

However, the Head of People at Big Four juggernaut PwC believes that when it comes to recruitment women are being let down.

According to Laura Hinton, the fact that recruiters are still discriminating against women who have had a career gap, or are re-entering the workforce after children, is shocking – City AM reports.

“There’s something around almost – this is maybe not the right word to use – lazy recruitment, looking for people who are more obvious and easily available, rather than thinking more creatively and thinking how do we demonstrate these skills [learnt while on a career break],” said Hinton.