At Comcast NBCUniversal, the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion organization identified Talent Acquisition (TA) as the key functional business unit to advise and provide strategy development insight focused solely on Disability Inclusion, resulting in the launch of a dedicated disability inclusion Project Team within TA that centers around 6 key areas:
- Pipeline Development and Hiring
- Data Tracking and Reporting
- Recruiter Training
- New Hire Orientation
- Business Practices
- Hiring Pilot Exploration
Specific activities include:
- Dedicated recruiters participate in disability-focused career fairs throughout the year
- Partnership development is done with external organizations whose talent aligns with their business needs
- Focused effort to include photos and videos of employees with disabilities on their career site to ensure the attraction of job seekers with disabilities; and,
- Ongoing accessibility checks of the career site to ensure candidates with disabilities have full access.