#72 - Faith Saenz - Accessible Hiring for Autistic Professionals

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11/09/23 • 73 min

"Exposure doesn't pay the rent" Meet ⁠Faith Saenz⁠ (Pronounced like "Signs") a long-time veteran of Technical Talent Acquisition, an autism educator, speaker, writer and Founder of NeuroTalent Consulting, a company that aims to tackle the autistic community's estimated 60%+ unemployment rate. Saenz sheds light on how organizations can leapfrog the competition by actively integrating hiring practices that bring autistic and other neurodivergent candidates into their organizations, creating teams of immense power, with a wide breadth of experience and scope. She also works directly with autistic jobseekers to help them develop their own fulfilling careers. Support Faith's GoFundMe - ⁠https://www.gofundme.com/f/faith-saenz-fundraiser member=30370297&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer⁠ Click here to Book Faith for Autistic Hiring Consulting Services - ⁠https://www.neurotalentconsulting.com/⁠ ************************************************************* Por*Ass Podcast Theme Song by ⁠Inappropriate Things⁠ - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/inappropriate.things/?hl=en⁠ Instagram - @⁠Porasspodcast ⁠ Twitter - ⁠Porasspodcast ⁠ Website - ⁠www.Porasspodcast.com⁠ How to support the Pod: ⁠www.venmo.com⁠ - @⁠BMEREcovery⁠ Subscribe on Spotify for access on exclusive episode content! ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/porasspodcast/subscribe⁠ Stripe - ⁠https://billing.stripe.com/p/login/cN25o57k67Qk2xq7ss⁠ Want a personal video message? Get me on Cameo! - ⁠https://www.cameo.com/veeporras⁠ pay pal - ⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/VeronicaPorras⁠ Leave a Tip Buy Me A Coffee - ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/porasspodcast⁠ Leave a Tip On my GoodPods page ⁠https://goodpods.app.link/UzMxr9Duhkb⁠ Riverside Referral Link - Looking for a platform to record, stream, create clips of your content? Use my referral link to sign up when you subscribe to an upgraded account ⁠https://riverside.fm/?

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#71 - The Anti-HR Lady - S. Anne Marie Archer

Recorded on Dec 20, 2022

"HR is not your enemy but they are definitely not your friend - I AM." - S. Anne Marie Archer

Being neurodivergent while also being discriminated against while at work is not an easy dynamic to navigate. What recourse do you have? How can you protect yourself and your mental health when holding your company accountable to the discrimination you are experiencing? Meet S. Anne Marie Archer. She is on a mission to teach employees how to stand up for themselves and know their rights in the workplace and hold HR, organizations and managers accountable when they create and perpetuate hostile, toxic and discriminatory workplaces.

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#73 - Ugh...Small Talk, Yuck

Recorded on November 15th, 2022

"Small Talk I have found is never small"

I met Angela on LinkedIn on a comment thread where the OP posted about having the "camera on" feature as a requirement for work actually does a disservice for people on the spectrum. I appreciated Angela's comments that camera off help with workplace accommodations and had to invite her to be on the pod.

Angela shares her experience of being a black woman on the spectrum and how it has affected her work and home life pre and post diagnosis. Intersectionality and Autism are significant social markers when it comes to self advocacy in professional spaces. Discrimination is experienced at higher rates among people of color who are also on the spectrum . What do we do when we don't meet other people's social expectations when on the spectrum? Listen and find out.

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