11. Inclusive 11.2. ineffective. consider the Transportation accessibility of the Recruitment and Accessibility of Health industry Hiring Practices Application and interview venue and Interview make alternative (Cont’d) Process arrangements as required. (Cont’d) HR staff and supervisors should be trained on effective interviewing of people with disabilities Brief staff, including the receptionist, in advance of interviews involving candidates with disabilities. Pre-employment screenings should be evaluated for bias. 11.3. Erickson et Lack of Severe disabilities Manual industries Only 12% of Support for the equal al., 2014 Commitment to qualified organizations recruitment and Auditory impairments Professional Recruitment of applicants studied rated retention of persons industries Hyland, Rutigliano People with setting explicit with disabilities Service industry 2013 Disabilities goals for should be clearly Sales recruitment of stated in the mission Steinberg et Transportation al., 2002 people with statements of Health industry disabilities as organizations. Younes 2001 University faculty being ineffective. Senior management Financial industry Maier et al., Only 12% of should commit to 2012 organizations recruitment of people Hearne 1991 rated senior with disabilities, and management discuss the ways to commitment to overcome disability organizational recruitment as barriers in ineffective. management training.
11. Inclusive Recruitment and Hiring Practices (Cont’d) 11.2. Accessibility of Application and Interview Process (Cont’d) Transportation Health industry ineffective. consider the accessibility of the interview venue and make alternative arrangements as required. HR staff and supervisors should be trained on effective interviewing of people with disabilities Brief staff, including the receptionist, in advance of interviews involving candidates with disabilities. Pre-employment screenings should be evaluated for bias. 11.3. Commitment to Recruitment of People with Disabilities Lack of qualified applicants Severe disabilities Auditory impairments Manual industries Professional industries Service industry Sales Transportation Health industry University faculty Financial industry Only 12% of organizations studied rated setting explicit goals for recruitment of people with disabilities as being ineffective. Only 12% of organizations rated senior management commitment to disability recruitment as ineffective. Support for the equal recruitment and retention of persons with disabilities should be clearly stated in the mission statements of organizations. Senior management should commit to recruitment of people with disabilities, and discuss the ways to overcome organizational barriers in management training. Erickson et al., 2014 Hyland, Rutigliano 2013 Steinberg et al., 2002 Younes 2001 Maier et al., 2012 Hearne 1991
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