The rate of women who are hired for top jobs falls

THE rate of women being hired into UK leadership roles has fallen for the third year in a row, with increasing barriers to top jobs as they advance through their careers, according to figures from LinkedIn.

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The professional networking site revealed that women were hired into just more than a third - 36.8% - of leadership positions in the year to March 1, down 2.1% year-on-year.

This has left the rate of female hires into senior roles back where it was in 2020, according to the figures.