Partnership works for all

Many large employers make use of professional recruitment firms to meet their human resource requirements.

Disability Works Australia (DWA) can form agreements with an employer's preferred recruitment firm and these employers can then draw on the free disability recruitment service offered by DWA.

The long-standing agreement between DWA and specialist recruitment consultancy Hudson demonstrates the effectiveness of this system.

DWA is funded by the Australian Government to provide a single point of contact for large private sector employers seeking information and advice about employing people with a disability.

Hudson is a leading provider of recruitment, talent management and managed services, and works in partnership with employers across all industries to attract, select, engage, develop and retain the best people.

DWA and Hudson have developed an employment process to ensure diversity in the workplace while providing the employer with a single point of contact for both mainstream and disability recruitment.

Hudson national client relationship manager Melissa Tinworth said Hudson and DWA had developed key contacts of service across Australia .

”DWA liaise directly with candidates with a disability to ensure questions around workplace modifications and government-funded subsidies and training are correctly provided,” Melissa said.

The partnership between DWA and Hudson has allowed two groups of people with a disability to complete customer service assessment training, which gave participants the skills to secure jobs in the growing customer service industry.

Several of these participants have been placed into work since completing the training.

Melissa said the process developed between DWA and Hudson offered employers a different method of sourcing a pool of candidates, which is a benefit in the current candidate market.

“The process developed by Hudson and DWA could be easily transferred to other organizations to assist more people with a disability into work,” Melissa said.