Ever wondered what the employer side of the conversation is like when they are talking to people with disabilities?
Candidates often have worries about what employers will be thinking because they don’t know what employers do with that information or how they feel about disabled applicants and employees. This is an opportunity to find out from a range of employers:
• What happens next when a candidate says they have a disability
• Whether organisations want documented proof of a disability
• How employers support disabled applicants and employees
• What employers think when a CV has unusual timelines or a lack of work experience
• How they feel about a conversation where an applicant knows they probably need adjustments of some kind but they don’t know exactly what to ask for yet
• How they feel if candidates give disability related answers in interviews
This is a round table session where our speakers are coming to share a bit about what their organisations do to recruit, support and develop applicants and employees with disabilities and to answer YOUR questions. Ask the questions above or any others that you would like the answers to.
There will be ample time for a Q&A session, but if you prefer, you can submit your questions via email to Jennie at j.l.tannett@ljmu.ac.uk
Speakers:
Natalie Jones, Head of Talent at National Highways
Julie Newton, Head of People Engagement and Culture at United Utilities
Jill Fowler, Transformation Director at JLL
Daniel De Freitas, Assessment Lead and Principal Business Psychologist at Peoplewise. Daniel will be hosting the session.
This session will be via Teams and will be open to students at a number of Universities. If you need any adjustments to enable you to access this session please let us know at j.l.tannett@ljmu.ac.uk