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Offer an Interview Scheme

glint

I am currently applying for jobs after being made redundant over a year ago.

Many of the employers are “disability confident” and run an “offer an interview” scheme. This means that if you declare a disability - like autism - and meet the essential criteria for a role, you will ‘normally be offered an interview”.

But I am experiencing many instances of not being offered an interview at all, even though I’ve disclosed a disability and certainly do meet the essential criteria.

Is anyone else having this experience?

  • Hi Glint, thanks for your post and sharing your experience. I have also been made redundant recently and applied for numerous roles with disability confident employers and have received standard rejection email. I have asked for further information about a specific role where I believe I met the essential criteria but have received a mixed response that raises more questions. I contacted Scope the charity and they offer support for autistic adults looking for employment. They can help with job applications and interviews, so this might be of interest to you. 

  • I also applied for a job I met the criteria for and disclosed autism but they didn't offer me an interview. I didn't follow up as I wasn't that interested ins the job anyway. I wonder if it would be worth you following up with the company?

  • Hello  

    Thank you for sharing this with the Community. I'm sorry to hear about your redundancy a year ago and some of the difficulties you've been experiencing whilst applying for a new job, which can be particularly difficult for Autistic people. You may find it useful to have a look at our information from the NAS on Employment, which includes reasonable adjustments you may be eligible to when applying for jobs and in the workplace:

    How can I find a job thats right for me

    Support to get work experience and find a job

    What support can I get at work

    Wishing you all the best,

    Chloe Mod

  • in reply to glint

    Sorry to hear that - I would write to your MP, this simply isn't good enough - its tokenism and needs to be called out as such even if the scheme is voluntary

    for anyone else finding this thread the following like may be helpful disability-confident-how-to-complain

  • in reply to Jalapeno

    I was also made redundant by a “disability confident” employer; I contacted the people who run the "disability confident” scheme and heard nothing from them. At this point, though, I am just interested in hearing about anybody else’s experiences.

  • sorry to hear this

    you do the know that "disability confident" is a UK Gov scheme - that should tell you enough by itself !

    However, the scheme is completely self policed largely by those who sign up - there is no independant vetting

    That said I would note every instance and send a separate complaint to the gov dept that runs "disability cofident"  I would also send a letter following to the company saying you have made a complaint to UK Gov that a "Disability Confident" member is advertising "offer an interview" in job adverts but not actually doing so when you've clearly disclosed disability and also meeting the min role requirements .

    you may need to disclose to both your Autism and also a copy of the job spec, with the essential criteria , perhaps with you application and CV showing how you measure against them - together with the letter to say you have been unsucessul

    Let's call these shams out