Neurodiversity Training for Recruiters

Hire smarter. Remove barriers. Find talent others miss.

Learn how to support fair, accessible recruitment by equipping your hiring teams with the tools to attract, assess, and engage neurodivergent candidates, without bias or barriers.

Traditional hiring practices are built for one type of brain.

This means recruiters can easily overlook brilliant candidates or put unnecessary barriers in their way. This training shows you how to spot, attract, and support neurodivergent talent without lowering standards or creating extra hoops.

It’s about opening doors, not moving the goalposts.

This Is for Recruiters Who Want to

  1. Write job descriptions that include, not exclude

  2. Spot bias in shortlisting and screening processes

  3. Run interviews that measure capability, not confidence and memory

  4. Offer accommodations without making candidates feel singled out

  5. Build a reputation for neuroinclusive hiring that attracts top talent

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What You’ll Learn:

Straightforward, practical neuroinclusion strategies you can apply at every stage of recruitment.

1. Understanding Neurodiversity in Recruitment

  • How autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other neurotypes experience the hiring processes

  • Why standard CVs, application forms, and interviews often filter out the very talent you need

  • Myths about “culture fit” and “communication skills”

2. Writing Neuroinclusive Job Descriptions

  • The language that turns neurodivergent candidates away, and what to use instead

  • How to describe essential skills clearly without unnecessary barriers

  • Making the criteria fairer and more relevant to the role

3. Rethinking Interviews and Assessments

  • How to structure interviews that measure ability, not social performance

  • Alternatives to traditional interviews, from work samples to job trials

  • Recognising and countering unconscious bias in assessments

4. Adjustments That Work for Candidates

  • Simple changes to application forms, interviews, and onboarding

  • Offering adjustments in a way that feels normal, not awkward

  • Considering hybrid, remote, and fixed-role contexts in recruitment

5. Candidate Experience and Employer Brand

  • How neuroinclusive recruitment builds trust and reputation

  • Creating a fairer process that benefits all candidates, not just neurodivergent applicants

  • Standing out as an employer of choice

Learning Outcomes

  1. Job descriptions that bring in, not shut out, neurodiverse talent

  2. Tools and knowledge to reduce bias in screening and interviewing

  3. Confidence to offer adjustments professionally and fairly

  4. A recruitment process that attracts stronger candidates across the board

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Session Logistics

  1. Duration: 2 hours (including Q&A)

  2. Delivery: Virtual (your platform or ours) or in-person talk or workshop

  3. Tailored: For in-house recruitment teams or external hiring partners

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Combine training with audits and surveys.

After your recruitment training, reinforce inclusive hiring by using neurodiversity inclusion surveys and audits to spot systemic barriers in your recruitment process and embed improvements from job ad to onboarding.

Looking for more training options?

This is just one of the ways we help organisations build truly inclusive workplaces. Explore our full training menu to find the sessions that fit your people and your goals.

Recruit smarter. Build fairer processes. Open the door to brilliant talent.

Let’s explore together.
Start with a conversation. Grow with intention.

Many neurodivergent candidates abandon job applications due to inaccessible hiring practices, as found in Autistica’s Market Report (2023).

Neuroinclusive hiring process design is essential to attract untapped talent.

Neuro Tide have a wealth of expertise and practical tools and guidance to either redesign your recruitment process or amend elements.

Whether it be an audit or review, or to engage in a consultation or training, we’re here to help.

Your neurodivergent colleagues deserve a workplace where they thrive. Arrange a free discovery call and make it happen.

Case Study: Fairer Recruitment, Diverse Results

Following a number of neurodiversity recruiter training sessions, a talent and acquisition team launched video and voice‑note application options and also shared interview questions in advance. Neurodivergent applicants increased by 55 %.