In this age of budget cuts and ongoing discrimination, it is really good to see that UK telecoms giant BT is pushing recruitment suppliers to send more disabled people.
The company has for a long time been a supporter of Disability Clearkit, an UK online resource created by employers to share best practice and guidance on the employment of disabled people.
Speaking at the launch of the tool yesterday, BT’s director of people and policy Caroline Waters said that making its requirements clear to recruitment consultants was a key element in becoming a true “meritocracy” for people of all abilities.
Ms Waters said: “BT is going to introduce Clearkit through the business and throughout our regional centres of expertise. But we don’t just recruit directly, which is why we will write to all our suppliers laying out what we will require of them. They will come on board – if they want to continue to work with us.”
She added that adequate consideration and representation of disabled candidates would be written into supplier contracts in order to spread best practice.
The full story was published in the latest copy of People Management and can be read here: http://bit.ly/9YqRgU
