Viola,

As long as you're a person of color, it will play role in you getting jobs, but there are other factors that you also have to consider besides race. I don't know about England, but I know in the states, the economy sucks big time! iPeople are losing their jobs left and right. It's so bad that I'm afraid that I will not last as long on job like my father( who was on his job for 32 years before he retiring) and that I will have a checkered job history, some jobs don't want to hire people like that.

Secondly, it's who you know. Whether you're Black,White etc nepotism is just as bad as racism. I've known people with great credential who should have gotten the job, but because so and so knows the top dog of the company she was able to get it much faster. That have always gotten on my last nerves! Lastly ,crazy as this may sound, sometimes where you went to school at and the grade you made may also play a role in it as well. I had a friend who was a college graduate and had a great work record, but she found it hard to get a job. Do you want to know what held her back in her employment opportunities? Believe it our not, because her overall GPA was below a 3.0, some employers thought ( at least that what she was told) that she didn't put enough effort into her schooling and that she may not do the same with the job( in which I highly disagreed with that thought) and in another case, her college. She went to a HBCU( Savannah State College), but with some White Employers she dealt with, they didn't recognize the school. They only knew HBCU"s like Morehouse, Spelman or Howard University--The Top Black Colleges. They felt that she didn't go to a reputable college( which to me was discrimatory).Also make sure that it isn't yousomething that may be preventing you from being hired.