FIT & AHEAD have teamed up to enhance employment access and promote workplace inclusivity through Tech Apprenticeships for individuals with disabilities. Discover how to be disability inclusive in your organization with the following tip sheet “Top Tips on Being an Inclusive Employer”.
Tip Number 1: Review Your Recruitment Process
- Unconscious Bias and Awareness:
Engage all candidates with accessible application processes. Use disability-friendly language, ensure web accessibility, and offer disclosure opportunities.
- Job Specifications:
Avoid terms that unintentionally discourage disabled applicants, such as “energetic” which could deter those with physical disabilities.
- Opportunities for Disclosure:
Create clear opportunities for candidates to disclose disabilities at all stages of the process. In communication, emphasize the commitment to equal opportunities and the willingness to provide accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
By following these steps, employers can enhance inclusivity and remove barriers in their recruitment process, promoting equal opportunities for all candidates.
Fastrack into Information Technology (FIT) is a representative organisation of the technology sector committed to growing Ireland’s tech talent pipeline. Working in close collaboration with national education and training provision, national and regional development agencies and community organisations, FIT’s mission is to promote an inclusive Smart & Sustainable Economy by creating routes to marketable technical skills for job seekers and career changers wishing to pursue quality professions in Ireland’s thriving digital economy.
AHEAD (website linked here – https://www.ahead.ie/) is an independent non-profit organisation working to create inclusive environments in education and employment for people with disabilities. The focus of their work is further education and training, higher education, and graduate employment.
Purpose of Collaboration:
The main objective is to increase access & inclusion for apprentices with a disability by increasing employer knowledge & awareness around all aspects of best practice.
To increase the number of individuals with a disability to apply for apprenticeships in Ireland, specifically the tech apprenticeships with FIT.
If you are an employer and are interested in discovering guidelines and best practices to strive towards a more inclusive workplace, more information is linked here
