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Recruitment Adjustments for Speech, Stutter or Communication Disability
A government interview should assess your capability, not how quickly or smoothly you can speak under pressure. For candidates with a stutter, speech disability or communication disability, the…
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Recruitment Adjustments for Chronic Illness, Pain or Fatigue
Not every disability is visible. And not every barrier in recruitment looks dramatic from the outside. For candidates with chronic illness, pain or fatigue, the issue may be…
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How to Stay Calm and Structured in a Government Interview
One of the most useful things I do with Team 3Thirty members is help them practise their government interview answers out loud. That is where the real problems…
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Recruitment Adjustments for Hearing Impairment or Deaf Candidates
Government interviews depend heavily on communication. If the communication format is not accessible, the panel may not get an accurate picture of your capability. For Deaf and hard-of-hearing…
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Why Government Interview Answers Need More Detail Than Just the Outcome
Every week, I work with Team 3Thirty members on their government interview answers. Not in a generic way. We take their real examples, their real job interviews, their…
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Recruitment Adjustments for Vision Impairment
A candidate with vision impairment should not be disadvantaged by an inaccessible recruitment process. That sounds obvious. But in practice, government recruitment can involve online forms, PDF role…
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Recruitment Adjustments for Physical Disability or Mobility Needs
If a recruitment process is inaccessible, that is not a reflection of your ability to do the job. It is a process problem. For candidates with physical disability…
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Recruitment Adjustments for Anxiety and Mental Health Conditions
Everyone gets nervous before an interview. That is not the same thing as having an anxiety or mental health condition that creates a real barrier in the recruitment…
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Recruitment Adjustments for Dyslexia and Reading or Writing Difficulties
Government recruitment can be very text-heavy. Job ads. Role descriptions. Targeted questions. Online forms. Written assessments. Timed tests. Interview instructions. If you have dyslexia or another reading or…
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Recruitment Adjustments for Autism: Interviews, Panels and Assessment Tasks
Autistic candidates are often told to "just be yourself" in interviews. That advice is not very useful when the interview itself is full of unwritten rules. Government panels…