16 Oct 2019

Virgin Group will no longer ask job candidates about their exam results

The Virgin Group will no longer ask job candidates about their exam results. It comes about as Branson who suffers from Dyslexia acknowledged how Dyslexia affects around 1 in 10 people's ability to learn and process information, and therefore negatively affects their exam results and employment potential.

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Sir Richard Branson who started a charity called "Made By Dyslexia" said it's not just employers that will be forced to change, but schools too, "If everybody didn't ask for exam results I think schools would be different places" said Branson at a recent event.

There is also evidence that other companies will soon follow the Virgin Group. A report by Ernst and Young (EY) on Monday said that increased automation in the workplace will open up more roles for people with dyslexia. “New jobs will be created that match closely to the skills of dyslexic thinking”, the ‘Value Of Dyslexia’ report noted.

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Branson credits dyslexia with giving him the imagination to become an entrepreneur and start the Virgin Group, which now employs over 70,000 in businesses ranging from gyms to space tourism.

One of the skills of “dyslexic thinking” is entrepreneurism. Charles Schwab, Ted Turner, Sir James Dyson and the late Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad are among the other dyslexic billionaire entrepreneurs.

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Thousands of others have started businesses after being turned down by employers due to poor exam results. Read more Here

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