Conference: Growing the talent pool: recruiting disabled candidates
19th June 2007, 00:00am - 00:01am, Central London Past event
1 in 5 people available for work in the UK has a disability and 6% of first class honour degrees are gained by students with a disability. If you are looking to recruit the best person to fill your job vacancy, are you missing out on loyal and talented potential employees because you are not engaging with disabled jobseekers?
Ensuring you get the best recruits is fundamental to your future success. There is an untapped talent pool of disabled graduates and others who are ready to work. We will focus on recruitment processes, the relationship between the different stakeholders, the role of recruitment agencies and different models of recruitment - and help you open the door to everyone.
We will be asking questions like:
- Are you getting the most talented person for the job?
- How do you create barrier free recruitment processes?
- Do you outsource your recruitment and does your recruitment agency actively attract disabled candidates?
- How do you ensure you are skilled in making adjustments which enable an individual to contribute to their potential?
Confirmed speakers
- Susan Scott Parker - Chief Executive, Employers' Forum on Disability
- Dr Stephen Duckworth - Associate, Employers' Forum on Disability and Chief Executive, Disability Matters Ltd.
- Bela Gor - Head of Information and Policy, Employers' Forum on Disability
- Marina Matosic - Co-Chair, AGCAS Disability Task Force
- Ruth Newman - Managing Director, PosAbility
- Kate Headley - Consultant, Clear
- Rhiannon Pugh - Co-Chair, AGCAS Disability Task Force
Case studies from
- Hannah Field - Head of Graduate Recruitment & Development, Barclays
The Barclays intern programme and the success they have had with their disabled candidates.
- Madeleine Warren - Intern, Barclays
An intern's perspective
- Paula Cairney - Head of Training & Development, National Offender Management Service
NOMS recruitment policies and processes, focusing on assessment centres and making them accessible to disabled people.
- Allison Tynan - User Experience Consultant - Digital Accessibility, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Why attend?
This event enables you to:
- Understand the barriers and discover practical solutions. How to attract candidates; recruit and select; appoint, induct and employ.
- Learn from disabled people as graduates, in work and at the top of their game and the barriers they experience.
- Consider different models of recruitment to attract talented disabled candidates, such as 'Recruitment that works'.
- Case studies - learn from other employers and their experiences.
- Become aware of and get inspiration from the potential that disabled graduates can bring to your organisation.
Who should attend?
Public/private sector HR practitioners and diversity managers, recruitment agencies, universities and careers advisers.