How to do accessible, inclusive recruitment and onboarding

Harness the power of technology to support inclusive recruitment and onboarding across your organisation

Why you should attend

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Describe the dos and don’ts of inclusive recruitment and onboarding.
  • Understand the unintentional barriers we can create that reduce the pool of talent available and impact the successful onboarding of diverse teams. 
  • Identify areas for improvement in your own processes.
  • Harness the power of technology in supporting inclusive recruitment and onboarding.
  • Implement immediate changes to help your recruitment and onboarding processes cater to the widest audience.

Who will benefit from this training?

  • Diversity and inclusion leaders
  • HR Directors
  • Hiring managers
  • Line managers
  • Recruitment professionals

Level of training: Suitable for all levels of knowledge.

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To help you get even better value in the year ahead, we have a 10 for the price of 8 bundle on 2024 AbilityNet online training courses for you and your team to enjoy. 


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Please note: after purchasing a ticket you are able to reassign the ticket, if somebody different to the ticket purchaser will be attending the training.

Attendees of the live training session will receive a Certificate of Attendance to add to their professional development training portfolio.

If you're looking for training for more than 8 people on a single course, please contact us about our great value in-house training options.

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Attendees of the live training will receive a recording of the course. If you are not attending the live training you can buy an existing recording of the course on demand:

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You may also be interested in our How to do accessible, inclusive onboarding training course and our workplace services.

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Course overview

This course is part of a series in which AbilityNet’s workplace inclusion experts discuss the importance of embedding inclusivity at every stage of the employee journey. This course focuses on recruitment and onboarding.

The recruitment process is the first impression most candidates will have of your organisation. According to Glassdoor, 76% of hiring decision makers say attracting quality candidates is their number one challenge. To attract the widest talent pool, you need to review each stage through the eyes of diverse candidates to make sure you are not inadvertently excluding anyone or giving them cause to decide against applying for your role.  

If the recruitment process is the first impression filled with promise, onboarding and induction should be a honeymoon time where your organisation and your new employee get to know one another properly. There is much that can go awry if this process is not planned and designed with inclusivity in mind, and everything to gain by getting it right - with Glassdoor reporting that a strong onboarding process can improve new hire retention by 82% and productivity by over 70%. 

AbilityNet’s workplace inclusion experts will discuss the importance of embedding inclusivity at every stage of the recruitment and onboarding processes. The course is interactive and practical and involves real life case studies and employee feedback to help articulate the benefits and how technology can be used to help achieve this.

Attendees will use AbilityNet’s employee inclusion journey GAP analysis to help identify gaps in their own process and understand tech powered solutions that can help. 
 

What you will learn

All the stages of the recruitment and onboarding process starting with job advertisement, to application process, to pre interview, the interview itself and offer stage.

Following on with welcome, to workstation set up and tools, training process, team introduction and embedding and communicating both the big picture and the lowdown on any ‘need to know’ unwritten rules and cultural expectations.
 

"Very insightful and informative."  
"A well delivered and well-paced webinar. Liked the polls and colourful examples." 
“I’ve found the sessions useful in bringing the range of accessibility issues to our attention."

Meet your trainers

Adam Tweed

Adam Tweed

Adam is a Senior Workplace and Education Consultant at AbilityNet. Adam has a BA in Film Studies, a BSc in Psychology and a career in IT in both the commercial and education sectors as well as also working as an assistant psychologist. A self-described jack-of-all-trades, Adam is a lover of all things tech and fascinated by design and how it dictates how well (or badly) people engage with technology. He believes that technology should be intuitive and that "if you can break it, it's been designed badly.

Lizi Green

Lizi Green

Lizi is a philosophy graduate and is AbilityNet's Digital Inclusion Consultant. She started working at AbilityNet in 2016 and over the years she has worked her way up through the levels of the team and is now responsible for delivering and developing workplace inclusion services to a range of clients across all sectors. Lizi has worked as an administration manager which gave her multiple experience in leading multiple teams across the organisation.  

She is passionate about assistive technology being widely available and easily accessible. As part of her role she runs tech deco events that showcase free and low cost apps to help in education

Important information 

Class size: We limit the number of people on our training courses to ensure all attendees can engage with the presenter, ask questions and have an informative experience.

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Date and time

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If you're looking for training for more than 8 people on a single course, please get in touch with us to discuss our great value options.

You might also be interested in our eLearning course about Accessible Recruitment.

 

Location

Online via Zoom

Accessibility

  • Delivered on Zoom using its automated captions feature
  • Advanced sharing of slides if required
  • Captioned recording with transcript provided

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