RIDI candidate survey results

The results of the 2017 RIDI candidate survey were announced at the RIDI conference today. RIDI, in conjunction with inclusive job board, Vercida, surveyed over 200 disabled jobseekers with a variety of physical and non-visible disabilities and long-term conditions.

The survey shows an improvement in the number of people who felt their condition had an impact when job-hunting (75% compared with 85% in the 2015 survey). The results also presented a number of examples of best practice and positive recruitment experiences. There are however still challenges that need to be addressed in the job-hunting process including the application stage which 53% of respondents found challenging.

An infographic of the full results is available to download.

Disabled jobseekers find condition hampers the job-hunt

Up to 75% of disabled people find that their condition has an impact when job-hunting, according to new research from the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI). Furthermore, 53% of respondents said that they first faced barriers as early as the application stage and a similar number (54%) reported hurdles at multiple stages of the recruitment...

Calling all inclusive employers and recruiters: RIDI Awards open for entries

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Consultation opens on new digital accessibility laws that will help recruit more disabled people

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RIDI Awards 2018 Winners Announced

The 2018 RIDI Awards were presented by Paralympian Sophia Warner tonight at our ceremony hosted by our Gold Partner XL Catlin at its head office in London. Find out who won the only awards that exclusively celebrate the commitment of organisations to improve prospects for disabled jobseekers....

Disabled talent, tell us your experiences of looking for a job

We know that a lack of disability confidence can be a barrier for disabled jobseekers and that often just being asked the right questions by a confident and knowledgable recruiter can make all the difference. 2 years on from our first survey, which found that 56% of participants had experienced barriers as early as the initial application stage...

C-suite buy in boosts disability disclosure

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Major employers to lead disability inclusion event in Wales

The Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI), in partnership with specialist People and Development consultancy Delsion, is hosting a round table in South Wales where business leaders will discuss the relationship between skills, disability inclusion and the future of work. Attended by the Welsh Government and hosted by the University of South Wales Exchange, the...

Don’t let disability slip down the agenda

This is a guest post from Paralympian, Sophia Warner. Sophia hosted this year’s RIDI Awards and is Founder of the Superhero Series, the UK’s one and only sports event for people with disabilities and their friends and families....

What has previous RIDI award winner Manpower been doing since winning the RIDI Individual Choice Award 2016?

Entries are now open for the RIDI Awards 2018 and we’re sharing stories about some of our previous awards winners to inspire others to enter....

RIDI welcomes new executive member

The Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative has announced the appointment of new executive board member, Jane Hatton....

Photo of Penny Mordaunt, MP. Minister of State for Disabled People

Minister to open recruitment disability conference

Following research which found that 80% of recruitment consultants believe their organisation ‘could do more’ to increase the inclusion of disabled talent, The Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) is holding a conference in London in October in a move to create more disability confident recruiters. The half-day event, which is kindly hosted by headline RIDI sponsor,...

2018 RIDI Awards – Finalists Announced

Following a rigorous and robust judging process, RIDI has released the shortlist for the 2018 RIDI Awards. As in previous years, the calibre and breadth of entries presented a challenge for our independent judging panel....

Want your organisation to be Disability Confident? RIDI can help you…

RIDI’s first annual conference ‘Creating Disability Confident Recruiters Through Collaboration’, takes place next Thursday. Diversity and inclusion consultancy Delsion is a past winner of the RIDI Disability Confident award, and Managing Director Julian John will be presenting an award winning case study titled Positive about Potential at the conference. Here, Julian talks about why becoming...

New software to address disability employment gap

At a time when employers report they are lacking guidance around disability inclusion, the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) has unveiled a new online tool which enables HR leaders to calculate how many disabled people they should be employing to succeed in creating a truly representational workforce. There continues to be a significant disparity between...

The importance of becoming disability confident by Mark Lomas, Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion at HS2

At HS2 Limited, becoming Disability Confident is very important to us. We have the opportunity to make travel more accessible for thousands of rail users and therefore embedding disability confidence across the programme is important to us. We are ensuring customer experience and accessibility are at the heart of our designs by engaging with our Passenger...

Sophie Christiansen holding Paralympic medals

Don’t miss out on talent by Sophie Christiansen

Athlete, Sophie Christiansen CBE, has represented Britain in four consecutive Paralympic Games, picking up eight gold medals in the process. She also graduated with a First Class Master’s degree in mathematics from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2011 and now works at Goldman Sachs. Next month, Sophie is headline speaker at the Recruitment Industry...

RIDI becomes corporate friend of Superhero Series

We are proud to let you know that RIDI has become a corporate friend of Superhero Series....

Influential business leaders came together in Wales to discuss disability and employment

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Kate Headley, Chair of RIDI, reminds us why RIDI is such an important initiative

In the final days before the RIDI Awards entry deadline on Thursday 1st February, we managed to catch up with RIDI Chair, Kate Headley. ...

Breaking news: RIDI Awards Entry Deadline Extension

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Photo of lady from Manpower collecting RIDI Award

RIDI Awards 2018 Video

For those who didn't attend our RIDI Awards ceremony back in March, here is the video we showed at the event featuring interviews with members of our Executive Board, our sponsors and amazing finalists....

RIDI Awards 2018 Image Gallery

We've published a small selection of the fantastic photos from our 2018 Awards Ceremony held at XL Catlin head office in London on 15th March....

New position for Penny Mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt, who held the role of Minister of State for Disabled People from July 2016, has been promoted to the cabinet as International Development Secretary. In her time as Minister for Disabled People, Penny’s agenda included the Disability Confidence scheme and encouraging employers to take action in reducing the employment gap by 2020. Penny...