Recruitment
Design systems that attract, welcome and retain Disabled talent.
Recruitment is the front door to your culture.
If it’s not accessible, inclusive and anti-ableist, you’re locking out talent before they’ve even arrived.
At Disabled by Society, we help you transform your recruitment into a barrier-free, equity-led experience.
From inclusive job ads to trauma-informed interviews, we audit, train and co-design hiring systems that welcome the talent you’re missing.
Disabled candidates don’t need ‘special treatment’. They need systems designed with them in mind. Let’s create a recruitment process where inclusion isn’t an afterthought, it’s the foundation.
What We Offer
Bespoke programmes that equip managers, directors and executives with the tools to lead accessibly, equitably and with confidence.
End-to-End Recruitment Process Review
We assess every touchpoint of your hiring journey through a disability equity lens. You’ll receive clear, actionable insights on where exclusion lives and how to remove it.
- Job advert and language analysis.
- Application portal accessibility testing.
- Candidate experience journey mapping.
- Interview and assessment process review.
- Recruiter and hiring manager bias assessment.
Inclusive Job Design & Attraction Support
We co-create job descriptions that are accessible, plain language and equity-aligned, while still being clear on performance expectations.
- Language review and inclusive editing.
- Access-focused benefits and work environment statements.
- Guidance on flexible, remote and adjusted working practices.
- Support for attraction campaigns targeting Disabled talent.
Recruiter and Hiring Manager Training
We equip your hiring teams with the knowledge and tools to run accessible, equitable and inclusive processes.
- Anti-ableism in recruitment training.
- Interviewer bias and trauma-informed practice.
- Accommodations/ Adjustments: what they are and how to offer them.
- Creating psychologically safe interview spaces.
- Equity in assessment scoring and panel dynamics.
- Training can be delivered, In-house (live or virtual). On-demand via your LMS. Or through our own Disabled-led LMS platform.
Adjustments Strategy & Implementation
We help you move from reactive to proactive adjustments, ensuring consistency, dignity and ease.
- Adjustments policy and process development.
- Candidate communications templates.
- Reasonable adjustments toolkit for managers.
- Centralised adjustments request system design.
Inclusive Interview & Assessment Design
We help you design fair and accessible interview structures that allow Disabled candidates to thrive, not just survive.
- Accessible alternatives to traditional interviews.
- Adjusted tasks and neurodivergent-friendly assessments.
- Decision-maker briefing packs and guidance.
- Rubrics focused on inclusion, not just tradition.
Strategic Advisory & Policy Redesign
We offer consulting to embed long-term inclusion into your recruitment policies, systems and strategy.
- Recruitment and selection policy review.
- DEI and workforce representation alignment.
- Talent strategy advisory and inclusive hiring metrics.
- Ongoing inclusion coaching for Talent leaders.
Why Recruitment Matters
Recruitment is often the first point where exclusion is felt. Poor accessibility, coded language, rigid assessments or biased systems silently screen out Disabled candidates, long before they can show their strengths.
You can’t claim to value inclusion if your hiring systems perpetuate harm.
Build anti-ableist, inclusive recruitment processes.
Attract and retain diverse Disabled talent.
Meet legal and ethical obligations.
Embed trust and psychological safety in candidate experience.
Shift from performative inclusion to lived equity.
Our Approach
We don’t just tweak your job descriptions.
We help you redesign the system, from job design to day one. We meet you where you are, and guide to an equitble otucome.
Disabled-led and trauma-informed.
Rooted in systems change, not surface fixes.
Co-designed with lived experts and hiring teams.
Designed for scale across complex organisations.
Backed by clear metrics, tools and human support.
If your recruitment isn’t inclusive, it’s incomplete. Let’s fix that, together.
Why Choose Disabled By Society?
We’re not just advising on recruitment from the sidelines, we’ve lived the exclusion, and we know how to rebuild systems that work.
- Disabled-owned. Disabled-led.
- Global experience across sectors and scale.
- A trusted partner to 7- and 8-figure organisations.
- Always trauma-informed, human-first and justice-focused.
