Breaking Barriers: Inclusive Employment for Disabled Talent

Jane Hatton, CEO of Evenbreak, shares how her organization is transforming disability employment globally through inclusive recruitment practices and partnerships with local disability organizations.• Evenbreak started as a UK job board for disabled job seekers but has expanded into a global enterprise• Every team member at Evenbreak has lived experience of disability, representing diverse conditions and backgrounds• Traditional recruitment methods like CV screening and interviews perpetuate bias against disabled candidates• AI in recruitment presents both opportunities for accessibility and risks of amplifying existing biases• Evenbreak's innovative hiring process focuses only on essential skills, allowing candidates to demonstrate capabilities in any format• Job descriptions often contain unnecessary requirements that disproportionately discourage disabled candidates from applying• Rather than asking for CVs, Evenbreak asks candidates to demonstrate how they meet 5 essential criteria for the role• Global expansion requires working with local disability organizations who understand specific country contexts and supports• Successful hiring processes provide meaningful feedback to all candidates, including connections to other opportunities• Creating truly inclusive recruitment requires designing out bias from the beginning rather than retrofitting processesSend us Fan MailSupport the showFollow axschat on social media.Bluesky:Antonio https://bsky.app/profile/akwyz.comDebra https://bsky.app/profile/debraruh.bsky.socialNeil https://bsky.app/profile/neilmilliken.bsky.socialaxschat https://bsky.app/profile/axschat.bsky.socialLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniovieirasantos/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/axschat/https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilmilliken/Vimeohttps://vimeo.com/akwyzhttps://twitter.com/axschathttps://twitter.com/AkwyZhttps://twitter.com/neilmillikenhttps://twitter.com/debraruh