Kirsty Palmer
Kirsty Palmer
Co-founder and Director of Early Careers Recruitment
Kirsty@b-radical.co.uk
“Being disregarded or labelled ‘not good enough’ because of who you are slowly creates cracks in your confidence that expand with every rejection or negative response from employers who don’t recognise Radical talent. I am registered blind and raising two children of mixed heritage as a single parent. I have faced discrimination first-hand and I learn every day from my children who now face disadvantage because of the colour of their skin. If there is anything that makes this lioness roar, it’s those who refuse to, admit bias exists and, ignore the social injustice faced by those who ‘don’t fit the mould’.
I want Radical to be the critical best friend of choice for businesses who have the aspiration to deliver on their diversity agenda and who strive for true representation at all levels of the organisation. We’ll walk shoulder to shoulder with employers who bravely admit they need to improve, help them to iterate when things don’t go to plan, and celebrate alongside them when they deliver on their agenda.
By creating fundamental change within businesses, we encourage people to rip off their labels, uncap their aspirations, and start to repair the cracks in their confidence created by society.”
Kirsty has over 20 years’ experience working in the Charity Sector and will lead on Early Careers as well as helping to build Radical Recruit (the charity funded by B-Radical.) Kirsty was one of the first blind students to be educated in a mainstream school. She fought for the same chances as her sighted peers and made the decision not to go to university. She is keen for businesses to reimagine their early careers provision to create inclusivity at the point of entry. Getting diversity right at the start means that you are creating a diverse leadership team for tomorrow.