Evenbreak is an accredited social enterprise through the Social Enterprise Mark which means that we are committed to creating positive social change. We exist to meet purely social aims. In this case, those aims are: 1. To help inclusive employers attract disabled candidates and gain the benefits of a more diverse workforce 2. To help … Continue reading To be or not to be (a charity)
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auticon and Unicus have recently joined forces to become the largest autistic-majority company in the world, where 81% of employees are autistic. The two innovative social enterprises and global players in the IT industry have united under the umbrella of auticon GmbH. The deal establishes a global model for an autistic-majority social enterprise, advancing its ESG … Continue reading Addressing Inequalities in Employment for Autistic Adults
NFU Mutual is one of the inclusive employers that advertise job roles on Evenbreak. We are delighted to share that NFU Mutual has been named a ‘Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2023’ for the 8th year running. The Gallup Awards recognise the most engaged workplace cultures in the world: those organisations that transform their workplaces by putting people at … Continue reading NFU Mutual named as a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2023
Those who know Evenbreak well won't be surprised to learn that we are (and have been for many years) proud to be a Living Wage Employer. Fairness in the workplace is at the heart of everything we do. So what is the Living Wage? Well, unlike the Minimum Wage, or the 'National Living Wage', the … Continue reading Why Evenbreak is a Living Wage Employer
I hear so many recruiters say they are looking for 'culture fit' when assessing candidates. Is this wise? In my experience, very rarely. Culture is defined as "the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs of a particular group of people at a particular time" in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Or, put more … Continue reading How wise is recruiting for ‘culture fit’?
In this blog I described the recruitment process Evenbreak used in a recent hiring round. Any recruitment process can only really be evaluated by the outcomes it produces. In our case, we were aiming to attract a number of diverse candidates who had the qualities and strengths required to do the two roles we were trying … Continue reading The rewards of an open and flexible recruitment process
A view from America: How many emails do you get every day? How much of it is junk? While you can have the best spam filter, such as Everycloudtech spam filter, a lot will still get through. But, most of us also realize some legitimate and even important email gets caught up in that mess, … Continue reading The Unemployment Epidemic for People with Disabilities
Its worth regularly reminding ourselves of the real value that disabled people bring to our organisations. There have been recent mutterings about disabled people being “not worth” the minimum wage, which sends out the opposite message to reality – that disabled employees are a positive asset to any workplace. Organisations who have employed disabled people … Continue reading Why Employ Disabled People?
Another article from candidate Will van Zwanenberg about autism and employment. His first article looked at how employers can benefit from autistic employees, and the second addressed how interviews can exclude candidates with autism. This article looks more deeply at the differences in thinking styles between people with autism and neuro-typical people, and why they … Continue reading The Different Thinking Styles of People With Autism
Evenbreak has enlisted an expert to write about the barriers to employment faced by candidates with neurological conditions. Will van Zwanenberg has exceptional attributes in the fields of law and technology, but has found that most recruitment processes are incompatible with his reality of living with the double whammy of both Asperger’s and Dyslexia, and … Continue reading Employers Need Autistic Employees to Fuel Innovation