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Recruiting Autistic Candidates: 4 Key Changes to Make Hiring Processes More Inclusive

Eightfold

Hiring neurodiverse candidates “is absolutely a business imperative, and it makes great sense from a business perspective,” says Kelly Grier , U.S. Hiring neurodiverse candidates “is absolutely a business imperative, and it makes great sense from a business perspective,” says Kelly Grier , U.S. Focus on the Details in Recruiting.

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Eliminating Bias from Hiring [Neurodiversity Virtual Event Recap]

Ongig

On October 14th I attended the Neurodiversity Rising — Eliminating Bias in Hiring virtual conference hosted by Neurodiversity in the Workplace (NITW). Here are some informational nuggets that you might find useful for neurodiversity hiring. The speakers focused on using skills based hiring to remove: racial bias in hiring.

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5 Tips for Recruiting Diversity in Engineering

Ongig

There has been a lack of diversity in engineering for years, and many companies are focusing on how to tackle this issue. We found 5 tips to help guide your recruiting diversity in tech efforts. Along with revamping programming language, creating bias-free job descriptions is key to inclusive hiring in tech. WordsMatter [link].

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How a Teenager's Viral Post Points to a Huge Hiring Opportunity

Linkedin Talent Blog

At the beginning of March, Ryan Lowry , a 19-year-old in Leesburg, Virginia, posted a hand-written letter on LinkedIn with a simple message: Hire Me. Check out our six tips for recruiting and hiring a more neurodiverse workforce. Rethink interviews to assess practical skills, rather than social skills.

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4 Tips for Creating a Hiring Process That’s More Accessible to Autistic Talent — and Why You Should

Linkedin Talent Blog

Microsoft, realizing the untapped skills and knowledge of so many neurodiverse individuals, was actively looking to open their roles to this talent pool—and hired Christopher. More and more companies are realizing that this shouldn’t be the case and are taking steps to make the hiring process more fair for neurodiverse individuals.

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Banishing Barriers: Building Disability Awareness into Recruiting

Indeed

Hiring is up across the board in today’s tight labor market, which includes groups who were overlooked in the past. This helps those on both sides of the hiring equation: more job seekers with disabilities are getting hired for great positions, and employers benefit from a promising talent pool. .

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6 Examples of Employers with High Diversity and Inclusion Statistics

Ongig

More companies are reporting diversity and inclusion statistics than ever before. We found 6 employers whose diversity stats impress us. of neurodiverse hires. % of employees embracing diversity in the workplace. . % of employees embracing diversity in the workplace. 40% of new hires are POC.