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I have ASD and applied to a junior role with a public sector regulatory body who is part of the disability confident scheme. Not civil service.
This is their words from job ad:
“Minimum
We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.
- Prior experience of payments, financial services or policy making
- Prior experience in a role which has involved teamwork and collaboration with others.”
I applied under the scheme (ticked box on their form) as someone who has experience in all of the above criteria, mentioned on my CV / application.
I also exceeded the minimum criteria for applying under the disability confident scheme and met the more general criteria too.
Don’t want to out myself but I work within Payments for a central bank which operates very similarly to the company hiring who rejected me. I can’t think of a more similar company than my own to this company I got rejected from.
Usually I would never query a job rejection from the first stage even if I meet all requirements but it’s only as I applied under the disability confident scheme and work for such a similar company, with similar background.
Even if it’s a case of them getting swamped with applicants, I can’t imagine that many others were applying under the disability confident scheme who also had such a similar background.
I have also applied twice previously to this company under their disability confident scheme and was rejected then too (similar story of meeting minimum requirements but not getting past first stage), but at those times I just thought never mind, better luck next time.
Now being rejected three times in a row when applying under disability confident scheme is really gutting. What else can I do? I don’t understand when I’ve met the min requirements and shown on my CV.
Sounds bit crazy but can I query what they’re looking for as their job ads all have a HR contact email.
I have also had my CV checked by professionals in my industry, the same CV has had me shortlisted for other roles in this industry when I met less of the requirements.