Why is your company focused on recruiting people with disabilities? Describe your recruitment/outreach initiatives.
At Wells Fargo, we believe every team member offers something extraordinary. Recruitment at Wells Fargo focuses not only on accommodating people with disabilities throughout the hiring process, but on purposefully attracting people with disabilities. The company’s recruitment website includes a designated phone number for applicants with diverse abilities to request accommodations for the interview and selection phase.
Wells Fargo also trains each of its recruiters on the available resources for team members with disabilities, as well as the right language to speak intelligently and comfortably with applicants who have disabilities. Jose Garcia, senior vice president of Diversity Recruiting Strategy at Wells Fargo, who is himself a team member with a disability, provides education and insight to all recruiters preceding National Disability Employment Awareness Month each year.