The term ‘disability confidence’ in relation to recruitment is often used yet rarely elaborated upon or explained. Do we really understand what inclusive recruitment means? Do we know what we need to do to ensure we are fully inclusive? Are we confident that there are no unintended barriers in our recruitment process?
No organisation intentionally excludes anyone from their recruitment process or has unintended barriers that prevent individuals from demonstrating their potential. However, to be totally confident that you aren’t unintentionally excluding disabled individuals you need to examine every part of your process to ensure it is barrier-free.
This workshop helped employers understand what being an inclusive, disability confident student recruiter means in practice. Delegates were challenged to consider all parts of their process, starting with their strategy and moving through areas including attraction, screening and implementing adjustments to ensure that each and every part of their process is fair and inclusive.
By the end of the workshop, delegates had begun to identify potential barriers in their process and were knowledgeable about how to remove these. The interactive style of the workshop ensured that there were opportunities to learn from other recruiters about how they have made progress in this challenging area and to share best practice.
Feedback:
“ It was very open and allowed everyone to be honest “
“ I liked that it gave the chance to discuss recruitment with other organisations “
“ It was very thought provoking and highlighted a lot of areas to look at, especially around adjustments in all communications “
“ It allowed me to challenge parts of our process to actually analyse if we are being inclusive and so identify areas that need reviewing/refreshing ”
MyPlus would like to thank Macfarlanes who generously hosted this Workshop for us.
Workshops are a practical training session designed to upskill individuals working in the disability space. Run by Helen Cooke, Director of MyPlus and expert in disability recruitment, these are 2 or 3 hour sessions focusing on different aspects of graduate recruitment and disabilities. Suitable as an introduction or refresher, these are appropriate for those involved in the recruitment process.
MyPlus run a variety of events for employers. For details of the different types visit our events page. For details of forthcoming Recruiters’ Club events taking place visit our events calendar page.
