Making neurodiverse recruitment simple
It’s all about matching the ideal neurodiverse person – with just the right skills – to your vacancy. The result is a job that’s fulfilling for the individual and an engaged employee making a unique contribution to your success.
With over 10,000 neurodiverse people visiting our site every day, that’s a lot of eyeballs on your job advert. As well as valuable exposure, we also give you:
What do we offer?
- Guidance on designing roles to attract neurodiverse people
- Neurodiversity audits to improve your application process (neurodiversity audits)
- Advertise your jobs on our jobs board
- Access to candidates already registered with us
- Ongoing support for your neurodiverse employees if they are hired
Making neurodiverse recruitment simple
Complete the form below for more details on our neurodiverse recruitment services.
And if you need to recruit someone with a specific neurodiversity…
What is neurodiversity at work?
Neurodiversity in the workplace is the inclusion of employees who are neurodistinct. These employees may identify with traits of autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD(H)D), dyslexia, dyspraxia or some other neurodivergent condition.
To get the most out of their unique perspectives and skill sets, your business should incorporate universal design, which makes your working environment accessible to everyone. You can do this by providing a sensory-friendly environment, flexible work schedules and neurodiversity training.
What are the benefits of neurodiverse recruitment?
There are a whole host of benefits of neurodiverse recruitment for employers. Here are just a few of them:
- Harness valuable skills like creativity and hyperfocus
- Tap into different ways of thinking and solving problems
- Understand how 15-20% of the population thinks
- Create an inclusive, supportive working environment
A neurodiverse-friendly hiring process
- Eliminate biases that could deter candidates
- Incorporate inclusive language into job descriptions
- Make accommodations during the interview process, such as visual aids and breaking large tasks down into smaller ones
- Use less traditional methods to test candidates
- Simplify the whole process as much as possible
Going beyond hiring, employers should also provide support and accommodations during onboarding. This might include flexible working patterns, clear instructions for workplace needs assessments and creating a neurodivergent employee resource group.
By levelling the playing field for neurodivergent people, your business will gain access to a wider range of applicants – and their invaluable skills.
Not sure where to start on your neuro-inclusive hiring journey? Contact us for support with your neurodiverse recruitment goals.
In which jobs and industries do neurodiverse individuals typically excel?
Those with neurodivergences bring a wide range of skills and approaches to the workplace. Whilst every person is unique, certain roles and industries can be particularly well-suited to their strengths, especially when employers adapt the working environment to remove barriers and encourage inclusion. These include:
Technology
Roles such as software development, data analysis, and quality assurance can leverage strengths that include pattern recognition, logical thinking, attention to detail, and persistence in solving complex problems.
Creative industries
Original thinking, visual imagination, and a knack for approaching challenges from a fresh angle can all lend themselves to roles like graphic design, content creation, animation, music production, and creative writing.
Science, engineering, and research
Roles such as those within laboratories, engineering design, research analysis, and technical drawing can all benefit from analytical reasoning, a methodical approach, and a commitment to accuracy.
Finance and data roles
Precision, numerical skills, and the ability to remain focused on detailed work can mean many neurodivergent individuals thrive in accounting, auditing, data entry, and market analysis roles.
Trades and craftsmanship
Trades such as carpentry, electronics, horticulture, and manufacturing can suit those with good manual dexterity, and a focus on quality and problem-solving.
By aligning roles with individual strengths, and adapting the workplace to support those strengths, employers can unlock the real potential in a team.
Our partners: neurodiverse employers
Here are just a few of the businesses already benefiting from hiring neurodiverse people.
Success stories
Don’t just take our word for it…Read our case studies to see how we’ve helped our partners improve their recruitment processes, recruit neurodiverse talent and upskill their employees.
Ryman
Aviva
FAQs
How do you identify, assess, and prepare neurodiverse candidates?
Exceptional Individuals match skilled neurodivergent candidates with their ideal job by focusing on their strengths, reducing barriers, and ensuring the best possible fit for both the individual and the organisation. We tend to:
- Find candidates through targeted networks, inclusive advertising, and a focus on skills and potential as opposed to rigid and exclusionary criteria
- Use assessment methods designed to showcase real ability, and remove barriers that may mask a person’s talents
- Equip candidates and employers with the tools and support they need for a smooth transition into the candidate’s role
- Maintain ongoing communication to ensure placements remain successful, making refinements where needed
Is there long-term support from Exceptional Individuals?
Yes, we keep in touch to meet both your needs as the employer, and to support our candidates. By opting for our neurodiversity consultancy services, you can stay on top of neurodiversity inclusion throughout your policies and processes too.
What are your pricing options?
- One-off job promotion: £250
- Inclusion in monthly community updates (20,000+ subscribers): £350
- Featured advertising across workshops and with job coaches: £750
Our website attracts around 7,000 visitors per day, with weekly workshops and direct job-coach promotion to suitable candidates.
Annual Partnership – £5,000
Includes unlimited role promotion, featured advertising, inclusion in monthly community updates, employer branding, and ongoing year-round support.