Hiring Dyslexic Thinking Talent

In this course, you’ll find out why the skills the world needs are changing and how dyslexics have the very skills workplaces need – but many recruitment processes inadvertently filter them out.

You’ll hear from Mike Smith, Chief Executive of Randstad Enterprise, on why every organisation should ask “How can we ensure our hiring processes are flexible enough to allow dyslexics to showcase their strengths?”.

   Welcome to DyslexicU, the University of Dyslexic Thinking

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Watch this video in which Kate Griggs welcomes you to DyslexicU, the University of Dyslexic Thinking, a new school of thought where you can learn the intelligence the world needs now.

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KATE GRIGGS

Welcome to DyslexicU, the University of Dyslexic Thinking, a new school of thought where you can learn the intelligence the world needs now.

For decades, Dyslexic Thinking has been responsible for some of our greatest inventions, brands, art and even icons. From the iPhone to Virgin, DreamWorks to Muhammad Ali. Yet this kind of thinking has rarely been taught, measured or treasured by traditional education systems or workplaces.

But now as we enter the 5th Industrial Revolution, a world powered by human intelligence and machines, the demand for this creative, innovative and adaptable thinking has never been greater. Just as previous industrial revolutions, fuelled by steam power or electricity or computers and digital connectivity, transformed our world, modern day artificial intelligence is revolutionising the type of thinking that is critical for success today.

Because AI has learned to aggregate and recall knowledge faster and better than humans, making the skills that AI cannot easily replicate like problem solving, innovation, lateral thinking and interpersonal skills, the most sought after skills in every job, in every sector worldwide. And these skills are inherent to one particular group of people... dyslexics.

Now is the time for dyslexics to learn more about their Dyslexic Thinking skills and to shout about them. And it’s time for non-dyslexics to learn more about Dyslexic Thinking skills and develop them. Because these are the skills needed to thrive in this new AI-powered world. DyslexicU is here to help everyone to do just that.

In this course, I explain how to hire Dyslexic Thinking talent and why it will move your business forward. Every company can attract and empower Dyslexic Thinkers by making simple adjustments to their recruitment processes.

This course has been developed in partnership with Randstad Enterprise, the world's largest recruitment organisation. And throughout the course, I'll be joined by Matt Higgs, their VP of Global Partnerships, to give his own specialist insights. You'll also hear from organisations who are trailblazing in this area.

And alongside film content, you will find lots of links to useful resources to help you further your learning and discovery on hiring Dyslexic Thinking talent. Let's jump straight in and hear from the chief executive of Randstad Enterprise, Mike Smith on why every organization should be hiring Dyslexic Thinking talent.

MIKE SMITH

Welcome to this Dyslexic U course on hiring Dyslexic Thinking talent at Randstad Enterprise. We're lucky to have an incredibly large talent intelligence team who every day get up and analyze a great deal of talent data and generate unique insights for our customers and partners. Being the largest staffing company in the world it's a very robust and statistically significant data set that we have the pleasure of analyzing and what we've seen from this data set is some very interesting trends of late.

And one one thing has become abundantly clear, the skills the world needs continue to change at a rapid pace, whether that's engineering or marketing or AI or computing. The most commonly needed skills are creative thinking, complex problem solving, adaptability and resilience and above all communication. And interpersonal skills now. Interestingly, one group has all of these skills in abundance – dyslexics.

Yet despite the critical need for these skills that dyslexics possess, many recruitment processes unintentionally disadvantage them, filtering out the very innovative creative dyslexic thinkers we actually need. Organizations, as a result of this, should be asking themselves how can we ensure our hiring processes are flexible enough to allow dyslexics to showcase their signature strengths during that process.

And I promise you that when you do, you'll find the potential return in terms of increased attraction of the skills that you need in your organization will be significant. I hope this course will help equip you with the easy actionable insights to be able to do just that.

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