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Bringing new perspectives into your business
Bringing new perspectives into your business
Find out more about the different strengths and skills your business can capitalise on by hiring people you may not have previously considered.
Neurodiverse staff can thrive in our industry
Tenant dairy farmer Liz Haines has first-hand experience of life and work with neurodiversity. Diagnosed with ADHD in 2022, she has first-hand experience of the difficulties the condition, but also of the joys working in nature and with animals can bring to neurodivergent people.
In January 2025, she spoke at the Oxford Farming Conference about how our industry can be the perfect fit for neurodiverse people, allowing them to thrive and play an important part in effective businesses.
In January 2025, she spoke at the Oxford Farming Conference about how our industry can be the perfect fit for neurodiverse people, allowing them to thrive and play an important part in effective businesses.
More sources of potential staff
Employers can also look proactively to other sources for potential staff, with armed forces veterans, apprentices and T Level students all viable avenues for farm owners and managers to target when looking to hire.
But with different expectations and vastly differing levels of experience, it can be worth considering how to best talk to, target and manage people from these alternative groups.
Below are guides on how you can best prepare yourself to employ people through these other, often neglected, channels.
But with different expectations and vastly differing levels of experience, it can be worth considering how to best talk to, target and manage people from these alternative groups.
Below are guides on how you can best prepare yourself to employ people through these other, often neglected, channels.
Find out how you make the most of veterans' skills and commitment.
Find out more about T Levels, the placements they include and how your business can benefit from them.
Apprenticeships can provide businesses with keen, motivated workers who are eager to learn new skills.
Where this sits with the Capability Framework
Bringing new perspectives into your business aligns with the capabilities inside the People and Leadership areas of our Capability Framework.
Case study: Aidan Moore - Employing armed forces veterans
Aidan Moore, a service manager at Coates Ben Burgess, explains why he's keen to bring veterans into his team, the attributes they bring and the important things to consider when managing ex-service personnel.
Read our full case study and watch our interview to find out how you could benefit from bringing veterans into your team.
Read our full case study and watch our interview to find out how you could benefit from bringing veterans into your team.
More on recruitment
We've plenty more information on how you can follow best practice when recruiting , forging better relationships with employees through effective staff reviews, online training on the importance of inclusivity in the industry and courses on how to communicate with staff effectively.
Find out more about these recruitment, retention and management skills on the links below.
Find out more about these recruitment, retention and management skills on the links below.
We break down the key steps when hiring to give yourself the best chance of finding the right person.
Gain an understanding of inclusion and diversity and their benefits for farming and growing businesses.
Get advice on recruiting more effectively and what you can do to retain your best staff.