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May 15, 2022

How to hire disabled candidates

Being inclusive of disabled candidates doesn't have to be complicated; it involves being flexible and asking the right questions


Startups often overthink how to accommodate disabled candidates during a recruitment process — when really, all it takes is asking the right questions and being flexible in your approach. Parma Sira, a small business disability adviser at Smarter London SMEs, consults startups on how to hire disabled candidates and help them settle into their new workplaces. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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