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 processes Support the show Follow axschat on social media. Bluesky: Antonio https://bsky.app/profile/akwyz.com Debra https://bsky.app/profile/debraruh.bsky.social Neil https://bsky.app/profile/neilmilliken.bsky.social axschat https://bsky.app/profile/axschat.bsky.social LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniovieirasantos/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/axschat/ Vimeo https://vimeo.com/akwyz https://twitter.com/axschat https://twitter.com/AkwyZ https://twitter.com/neilmilliken https://twitter.com/debraruh