Equal Opportunities
Just 7% of people with a master’s degree come from disadvantaged backgrounds. By raising awareness about roles in digital and tech, and by supporting young people from underprivileged communities, we can help level the playing field when it comes to accessing training and employment, especially in the IT sector.
Our commitment
At Hardis Group, we are committed to helping shape a fairer, more equal society in which young people from disadvantaged backgrounds have the same integration opportunities as everyone else.
- By promoting training and support for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, in order to provide social advancement opportunities for those with the right talent and skills.
- By building partnerships with charities and non-profits to promote careers in tech, and by supporting young people from underprivileged communities.
Actions
We work with partners in the sector in pursuit of a common goal: to help ensure that young people from disadvantaged communities are not limited in their career opportunities on account of their background:
- By providing opportunities for the long-term unemployed to gain digital skills, including as a premium sponsor of coding school 42 Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- By working with high schools, charities and nonprofits to raise awareness about careers in tech, as well as with our ecosystem of partner schools, customers, and other partners.
- By helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds transition into the world of work through our partnerships with charities and non-profits such as Télémaque.
- By supporting people looking to retrain for roles in the tech industry by sharing our experience of available career paths, delivering skills-building workshops, and helping them put together a career plan.
- By working to attract more women into the digital sector—especially those looking to retrain—through our backing for DesCodeuses.
12
high school students
from disadvantaged backgrounds received support in 2024 through our mentoring agreement with Télémaque: Hardis Group employees worked with the young people on a long-term basis, providing guidance, broadening their horizons, and helping them put together their personal and career plans.
12
young people
received support in 2024 through our partnership with Sport dans la Ville, a nonprofit that helps young people from underprivileged communities achieve success through sport. Our employees play an active role in instilling key values, building confidence, and helping the young people they support set ambitious personal and professional goals for the future.
2
women supported and 100 hours of
mentoring provided
in 2022 through our mentoring agreement with the nonprofit coding school DesCodeuses.
Our partners
Télémaque is a nonprofit organization that works to provide opportunities for social advancement to driven, motivated high school students and other young people from disadvantaged communities through a dual “school and business” mentoring program.
DesCodeuses is a coding school that supports empowerment and integration for women from underprivileged communities by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and support they need to pursue careers in tech.
42 Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a coding school that uses a project-based method to equip participants with hard and soft skills that are in high demand in the labor market. The school offers opportunities for all, promoting inclusion, creativity, and excellence.
Sport dans la Ville is a nonprofit that helps young people from underprivileged communities achieve success through sport,
instilling in them the key values they will need to grow personally and build rewarding careers.
