The 2025 Amberjack Adjustment Report reveals a significant psychological safety gap; while 24% of the UK working-age population has a disability, only 4.3% of candidates disclosed one during recruitment campaigns. This suggests many candidates fear bias or lack trust in employer processes. Organisations that create safe, transparent environments for disclosure unlock a much wider talent pool, while others may be excluding talent without realising it.
This webinar, brought to you by Amberjack and disability employment experts MyPlus, will explore why these discrepancies exist and what employers can do to encourage candidates to disclose their disability, and how to ensure appropriate adjustments are put in place when they do.
Amberjack will open the webinar by sharing key insights from their Whitepaper, including the data behind the findings and what it reveals.
Amberjack and MyPlus will then focus on disclosure and adjustment, exploring why these disclosure gaps exist, how employers can encourage openness, and what an effective adjustments process looks like. Together, they will discuss how managing adjustments well can give disabled candidates the confidence to disclose, helping employers avoid missing out on valuable talent.
We will also be joined by an organisation to give an employer perspective, sharing their experience and what they are doing.
Agenda
Introduction to the Amberjack Adjustments Report
Disclosure
o Why candidates are not disclosing
o What employers can do to encourage disclosure
Adjustments
o Amberjack Adjustments process
o How to manage adjustments
Speakers
Martin Kavanagh
Martin brings a wealth of expertise in talent assessment, designing high-impact processes for global organisations. As Head of Assessment at Amberjack, Martin leads a team of Occupational and Business Psychologists who design and deliver award-winning assessment solutions for a wide range of clients in the Early Careers and Volume Hiring space. He also drives assessment innovation and product development, shaping cutting-edge approaches that keep Amberjack at the forefront of the industry.
A Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Chartered Member of the CIPD, he holds an MSc in Occupational Psychology from the University of Nottingham. Martin is also a verified assessor for the British Psychological Society and a regular speaker at major industry events, sharing insights that continue to influence the future of assessment and talent strategy
Helen Cooke CBE
Helen, CEO and Founder of MyPlus, is widely recognised as a leading speaker and expert disability & student employment. The uniqueness of Helen’s approach comes from her expertise in HR & recruitment gained from working at Marks & Spencer and Mars, combined with her first-hand experience of disability; Helen is a wheelchair user following a childhood spinal injury.
Helen founded MyPlus in 2006 with the vision of ensuring that having a disability or long-term health condition doesn’t prevent anyone from having the career they want to have. She is passionate about developing the confidence of employers and disabled students when it comes to employment.
Through MyPlus Helen provides disability employment expertise to enable organisations to become confident, inclusive employers, while empowering disabled students to pursue ambitious careers. Helen is also behind the innovative MyPlus Students’ Club award winning career advice website for disabled students.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights on supporting disabled candidates and building a more inclusive recruitment process. Join Amberjack and MyPlus to learn how to close disclosure gaps, implement effective adjustments, and unlock access to valuable talent
Please note this Webinar is only aimed at employers. Please do not register if you do not fit this criteria.
