Global job site Indeed and Sports Index have launched a neurodiversity ‘toolkit’ to help companies recruit more ‘inclusively’. The toolkit includes explanations of neurodiversity, provides practical advice for hiring managers and HR teams, as well as a sample job description.
It shows how some neurological conditions can enhance the employee’s performance in certain areas: for example many people with dyslexia have been found to possess enhanced global visual-spatial abilities, which may be advantageous in jobs requiring three-dimensional thinking such as molecular biology, engineering, and computer graphics. The toolkit makes practical recommendations about how companies can change their hiring practices to make them more inclusive.
According to Indeed and Sports Index, employers who accommodate neurodiverse employees in the hiring process will reap the rewards of higher productivity, more creativity and better retention rates.
PROMOTING INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Neurodiversity refers to the wide range of differences in individuals’ brain function and behavioural traits, and includes autism, ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome, dyslexia and dyspraxia. This type of diversity should be as recognised and respected as other differences in the workplace – such as any other such as gender, race or sexual orientation – to ensure an inclusive and optimal work environment, according to Indeed and Sports Index.
Commenting on the toolkit, Founding Director of Sports Index, Nicholas Dutton stated, “We were delighted to partner with Indeed in producing Neurodiversity Toolkit for Hiring Managers. Since our establishment in 1992, we have become a hub for academia, industry and specialist groups to collaborate in advancing insights, research and practical tools to build cultures of inclusion. The toolkit is a significant step in the right direction.”
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