Developing a disability employment strategy
A disability employment strategy can help you recruit people with disability. It will also give applicants confidence that you value employees with disabilities.
What is a disability employment strategy?
A disability employment strategy states your goals for hiring people with disabilities. It also outlines how you plan to achieve these goals.
Your strategy can include:
- recruitment processes
- guidelines for shortlisting candidates
- processes for interviewing people with disability
- ways to work with a Disability Employment Services provider.
It might also include your plan to raise disability awareness in your organisation.
Getting started
The National Disability Recruitment Coordinator (NDRC) can help you. They can develop your disability employment strategy. You can also contact a JobAccess Adviser on 1800 464 800 and they can connect you to the NDRC. Or you can fill out our enquiry form.
Raising disability awareness in your organisation
There are many ways you can raise disability awareness at work. For example, you can:
- celebrate key dates such as the International Day for People with Disability
- hold disability awareness training sessions
- develop a network of staff members who want to promote a more inclusive, diverse workforce.
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