EVALUATION REPORTThe recruitment of people with disabilityinto the State Service

at a glance

OFFICE OF THE STATE SERVICE COMMISSIONER 2012

Disability refers to a health condition that affects functioning, activity and participation

Disability can be increased or decreased by our surroundings

Some surroundings are ‘more accessible’

Some are ‘less accessible’

‘Workplace adjustments’ make our workplaces more accessible

This report compared the State Servicewith theTasmanian workforce

of Tasmanian workers need a workplace adjustment

7.5%Tasmanian

The report found

3.2%of Tasmanian workers need a workplace adjustment

State Service

But only

That’s a big difference

The report found our hiring managers have the power to change this

Our hiring managers will recruit people with disability if…

…they think it is reasonable to do so

And if…

They are asked toand they can recruit the right person, efficiently

And if…

They can try to see if it will work

And if…

It is affordable

And if…

The person fits in

And if…

It worked last time

AcceptableTestableAffordableExpectedSuccessfulReasonable

That’s a lot of

‘ifs’

This new report offers

11 ideas for better recruitment decision-making

Ideas for more and better specific recruitment programs

Ideas for more accessible open recruitment practices

Ideas that arenecessary,achievable,measurable, and affordable

Agencies ‘bust the merit myths’ that undermine specific recruitment programs

The report recommends

And that agencies depict disability more in employment publications

Though not always as the focus

While individual employees decide if and how their disability is depicted

Agencies set their own specific goals for the recruitment of people with disability

The report recommends

And that agencies create clear policies supporting specific recruitment programs

Including the referral of certain vacancies to Disability Employment Services providers

And more accessible graduate programs

Agencies create more work opportunities using external funds and/or support

The report recommends

But not necessarily more recruitment

Agencies centrally control their ‘workplace adjustments’

The report recommends

Agencies remove potentially discriminatory ‘requirements’ from advertised jobs

The report recommends

And agencies create ‘diversity coaches’ to drive lasting change

All together,these simple ideas are designed to help hiring managers succeed

And increase our recruitment of people with disability

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What can you do?

Office of the State Service CommissionerLevel 2/144 Macquarie StreetGPO Box 621, Hobart, 7001Tasmania, AustraliaTelephone: 03 6232 7007Email: ossc@dpac.tas.gov.au 

THANK YOUJodi Molhuysen, Benn Rafferty, Clio Simmons and Belinda McDermott

PROJECT TEAM

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