Thinking outside the neurotypical hiring box
There’s a screening process we often use in the human resources process that’s meant to identify prospective candidates. It needs re-thinking.In our quest to recruit hires, we imagine/define the work, then develop a profile or criteria that are normal for that work. The hiring process is expensive, of course, as is the overall cost of either replacing people or filling new spots.
There’s time pressure. Get someone in that spot quickly maybe before budget is lost. Processes are spawned to advertise the spots, get applications and resumes, then comb through them to find individuals who fit the profile. There’s a bell curve in that profile. Some candidates are simply outside the profile and have blindly sent their responses in the vague hope that numbers exceed qualification targeting. Filtration becomes almost obsessive.
This works both ways.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.