Recruitment hints and tips

Speculative applications

If your organisation accepts speculative applications (either application forms or CVs):

Let people know how long you will keep their applications or CVs on file and how you will use their information
Design your systems so information on adjustments is available to managers who access applications at a later date

If you offer email bulletins on future opportunities as they come up, ensure you have made provision for people who have applied offline in any format for a reason related to their disability. Consider offering to post details of jobs to them. Alternatively they may wish to give you the email address of a friend who could pass on the information. If you cannot provide this service, tell the applicant when they apply.

Remember: an employer who provides a lesser service to someone for a reason related to their disability may be at risk of discriminating against an applicant.