Compliance Edition: Interviewing and Positioning Individuals with Disabilities for Recruiters

Here is what you will learn: Preparing your recruiting team to easily navigate and gain a comfort level meeting and interviewing applicants with a variety of disabilities. Put your recruiters and applicants at ease by creating a comfortable environment for all.

 

Length of the course: 45 minute session. This introductory module is appropriate for all members of your recruiting and talent acquisition teams.  The module is interactive and provides a solid foundation for successfully interviewing individuals with disabilities.

 

Objective: Preparing your recruiting team to easily navigate and gain a comfort level meeting and interviewing applicants with a variety of disabilities. Creating a comfortable environment for all.

 

Training Topics

• Brief understanding of OFCCP compliance and disability
• Learn about your own fears and attitudes
• Learn how to conduct an interview with someone who is blind, deaf or in a wheelchair
• What you need to know about hidden disabilities
• Learn what you can and cannot say or do – legal vs illegal questions
• Learn about disclosure and requests for accommodations
• Learn how to be at ease and professional
• Learn how to position the qualified candidate in an unbiased way

 

Potential Outcomes:

• Identify and hire the best qualified individuals
• Help put hiring managers at ease by focusing on abilities
• Build a sustainable inclusive culture for all
• Develop a competitive hiring and recruiting process
• Decrease employment liability exposure