Transparent Recruitment - Reimagining the Process to Support Neurodivergent Candidates

Introduction

Neurodivergent people may think and process information differently to ‘neurotypical’ employees.

They may struggle in social settings, in interpreting questions and understanding the clues which many of us use when communicating.

This makes the recruitment process particularly hard for them to navigate.

Employers who do little to accommodate the potential of neurodivergent candidates are missing out on a huge amount of talent, loyalty, and experience that these individuals can offer.

So, it is time to look again at how we recruit and treat our job candidates.

This new virtual classroom seminar will offer practical tips around designing a recruitment process with neurodivergent candidates in mind, particularly by re-thinking the approach we take to interviewing prospective employees.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• Why our recruitment process needs to include everyone and the good business reasons for that
• The problems that some people have in working their way through a recruitment process and the affect that it can have on them
• Rethinking our process without compromising the quality of workforce
• What are interviews and what do we hope to achieve by holding them?
• Skills we look for in candidates but do not necessarily need
• Alternative ways to select our staff from a pool of applicants
• Being open minded to trying new things and encouraging our peers to do the same
• Making recruitment a positive experience for everyone
• Do we need interviews?

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.