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and kurt schoffer, who runs the biggest company in the world, with a majority of autistic staff, more than 400 in his company alone. also on the show, the big boss of one of the worlds largestjobs companies, recruit holdings, which operates in 60 countries, joins me to talk about how to fill the skills gap and how to spot lies on peoples job applications. wherever yourejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, it may never have...

of commerce, about their skills gap findings. plus, i speak to these two. there they are, lars backstrom, an autistic data analyst, and kurt schaeffer, who runs the biggest company in the world with a majority of autistic staff, more than 400 in his company alone. also on the show, the big boss of one of the worlds largestjobs companies, recruit holdings, which operates in 60 countries, joins me to talk about how to fill the skills gap and how to spot lies on peoples job applications. ...

wherever yourejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello, and a warm welcome to the show. you know, it may never have been a more challenging time for companies. and while rising costs and interest rates certainly dominate the headlines, companies themselves say that being able to employ enough of the rightly—skilled people is one of the biggest problems they face. in particular, they need more people with technical and communication skills. you know, in america, the u...

companies cant find enough workers, so do they need to look harder? underrepresented groups like autistic and dyslexic people could do a lot to plug the skills gap, but employees need to do more work to recruit more of them. there is a greater level of innovation. you have people who think different, who act different, and who bring a totally new level of thought process into the solutions. im going to hearfrom jane gratton from the british chambers of commerce, about their skills gap ...

applications. companies and sales say theyre being able to employ the right skill peel people but its one of the biggest problems. in particular, they need more people with technical communication skills. in america, the unemployment rate is at under 4% and 74% of companies say they have trouble recruiting all the staff they need. thats i4% more than two years ago. in europe, they are calling the year 2023 the so—called year of skills because more than three quarters of companies rep...

We are still seeing too many other things around the person that are probably not really important in thejob. and in order to change that, that hiring methodology needs to be rethought completely. how, kurt? we actually help our partners to do that. you know, very often companies do have certain bottlenecks in the hiring process where they more or less exclude neurodiverse people from the beginning without being aware of that. and basically, you know, especially the bigger the company gets, the ...

Of purpose for for the organisations that are trying it out. and, kurt, you estimate that only around 30% of autistic adults are in employment. so how can companies think differently about trying to trying to attract this group? the biggest hindrance until today is the way we are hiring people you know, we are not focusing enough on the strengths. we are not focusing enough on the capabilities. we are still seeing too many other things around the person that are probably not really important in ...

The biggest hindrance until today is the way we are hiring people in general in the business. you know, we are not focusing enough on the strengths. we are not focusing enough on the capabilities. we are still seeing too many other things around the person that are probably not really important in thejob. and in order to change that, that hiring methodology needs to be rethought completely. how, kurt? and we actually help our partners to do that. you know, very often companies do have certain bo...