As the world is experiencing a global skills shortage and the “infamous” talent battle is ongoing employers and organisations should look at a talent pool that has existed for many years waiting for opportunities to demonstrate their skill set.

A significant number of people living with ASD have a wide range of skills that are very relevant in today’s new world of work .

B4G Media are delighted to publish a new site for persons with ASD www.dontleavethembehind.com which highlights the talent that is available in the ASD talent pool.

Employers need to focus on changing their old systems for recruiting people with disabilities e.g 50% of people with ASD working in jobs that they are over qualified in .

Persons with ASD must be hired on the same basis as a standard recruitment process and of the unique skills in the ASD talent pool are in high demand areas including,

. Systematic Information Processing

. Presise Technical Abilities

. Strong Mathematics

. Accountancy

. Engineering

. Statistician

. Content Creation

. Gaming

and much more .

Inorder to hire and get involved in the recruitment of persons with ASD employers and organisation need to develop on boarding programmes in the same way that they do when they hire from the open labour market and provide simple amendments to their HR processes.

Recently we have seen that some innovative employers are actively hiring people with ASD including,

Microsoft

Willers Towers Watson

Walgreens

Freddie Mac

SAP

When you are planning your next recruitment campaign ensure that you look at this talent pool and reach out, you will be very impressed .

For more information and direct assistance to recruiting ASD persons and access to a strong and talented database pop over to our sister site www.dontleavethembehind.com or send your details to info@dontleavethembehind.com