Balance

Want to hear all about Inclusive Hiring from audit to action. Listen to the podcast from Salt Recruitment Creating Futures with Balance Founder Jennie Child





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#9 S02 Inclusive hiring: from audit to action with Jennie Child, Founder of Balance Listen to this episode from Creating Futures on Spotify. Balance is an inclusive hiring consultancy, who work with employers, recruitment firms, and organizations to help them become intentionally inclusive and bias-free in terms of how they hire and recruit. We recently got to chat with the Founder...

36% of candidates wouldn't feel comfortable asking for adjustments when applying for a job 🤯 😩

This is PART TWO of my posts about accessibility, adjustments and additional support (traditionally referred to as "reasonable adjustments") during the recruitment process.

👋 Recruiters, Hiring Managers, HR folk and Talent Teams 👋

👉 This is one of the reasons Under-Representation occurs.

👉 Candidates will be screening themselves OUT of your talent pool unless you can demonstrate that they are safe to ask for adjustments.

👉 Your recruitment processes may be inaccessible to some candidates

👉 Recruitment processes that don't offer or signpost to support or adjustments are un-inclusive.

Here's a recap of why someone might need adjustments or additional support (this list is not exhaustive)

✅ Physical disability
✅ Hidden Disability
✅ Access to resources (think funds to travel, WIFI, a quiet space to interview)
✅ Neurodivergent
✅ Anxiety
✅ Breastfeeding mother
✅ Caring responsibilities
✅ Menstruation
✅ Menopause
✅ Shift-worker
✅ Location

👉 The solution to this ongoing challenge starts with building trust

➕ the following statement to ALL of your job advertisements and job descriptions

 ▶ If you require any adjustments or additional support during the recruitment process for any reason whatsoever, please let me know. ◀

If you're a recruiter, recruitment coordinator or anyone involved with regular or volume hiring - also add this statement to your email signature 🙏

What else can we do to build trust? What are you doing to make your recruitment processes more inclusive?