Recruiting is about consistency.

Neurodivergent

Neurodivergent individuals have a unique way of processing information and includes individuals who are autistic, attention deficit, anxiety, compulsive, or other potential variations of the human genome that make individuals different than their neurotypical counterparts.

80% of Autistic people are unemployed or underemployed.

Strengths of being Autistic

Detail-oriented, consistent, visual, systematic and logic-based thinking, and high-problem solving capacities. Individuals are authentic and loyal. Individuals often have increased capacity for concentration and hyperfocus.

1:3 individuals with ADHD are unemployed at any given time.

Strengths of being ADHD

Curiosity, creativity, strong desire to learn new things. Despite the thoughts of being easily distracted, individuals are often hyper focused and able to manage multiple tasks because of the ability to quickly expand skillsets. Individuals are highly intuitive, detailed-oriented, and good in a crisis.

Overcoming Recruiting Barriers

• Recruiting systems are consistent and designed to find neurotypical candidates. This includes the job description, interview process, and onboarding process.
• Interview factors guard against neurodiverse success including eye contact, unstructured interaction, and awkward social interactions.
• Traditional matching often includes hiring the those that appear to be self-confident and charismatic.

Long-Term Unemployed

Job matching theory would argue individuals who have gaps in their resume have a combination of skills loss or the gap may be a signal that there is a hidden reason why others are not hiring the candidate. Hiring managers often indicate the individuals are likely lazy. But are they?

Job seekers have an expiration date and it is shorter than you would think.

Job Seeker Behavior

After 30 days of searching, job seekers stressors increase and they begin to panic. In desperation, they begin haphazard job search practices resulting in sending out many resumes to any job position regardless of the fit. The stressors build frustration and depression and if certain supports are not provided, the job seeker begins to loose hope that exiting unemployment is possible.

Recruiter Behavior

As the length of unemployment increases employers reduce the number of callbacks to job seekers by 45%. While many researchers debate if length of unemployment is a main cause, it does seem to indicate to employers a loss of skills and a potential for unobserved candidate attributes that reduces the ability for job matching likely to reduce the risk of making a bad hire.

Overcoming Recruiting Barriers

Through a series of workforce development interventions that bring employers, educators, agencies, and job seekers together, Workforce Gladiator has discovered ways to increase job seeker and recruiter connections resulting in better job matching.

An Inclusive Recruiting Approach

The team at Workforce Gladiator will team with your organization to develop a recruiting strategy that proactively trains and attracts highly motivated individuals to your organization or industry.

Apprenticeship Development

Apprenticeships have long been interpreted as only for construction or manufacturing. They also often carry the perception that they are difficult to get started. Times have changed! Apprenticeships are a fantastic way to support individuals organizations like the Bureau of Labor have defined as individuals with “barriers”.

The reason why apprenticeships work so well is that your organization or industry defines the classroom training and provides the work experiences required to perform the job. Our team will help you development variables required for a successful apprenticeship:

• Course curriculum (this can be delivered by your organization or an education partner).
• On-the-job training expectations. We could argue that every organization could benefit from a list of skills an employee should have to perform the role.
• Submitting the State of Arizona Apprenticeship office documents.
• Reporting documents.

Collaborative Recruiting and Outreach

There are hundreds of workforce development agencies in Arizona that repeatedly indicate they have the participants that are ready to work but they lack the businesses that are hiring. The team at Workforce Gladiator will help make those connections and help increase the number of qualified applicants into your recruiting process.

Grant Funding

Unfortunately there are millions of dollars provided by grant funded programs that business know little about. To be honest, often these programs are difficult to understand. However, most are actually very simple if you know what they are.

Our team will work with your organization to identify your workforce need and potential grant programs or grant collaborations. We will help or organization with the grant application / response. If a grant is awarded, our team can assist your organization with the reporting requirements and data collection.