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The Recruitment Adjustment Gap Audit

10 checks to reveal where candidate adjustment requests could be getting lost, delayed or handled inconsistently.

A quick way for Talent Acquisition teams to review whether their current adjustment process is clear for candidates, easy for recruiters to manage and consistent through to interview delivery.

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Spot hidden gaps

See where adjustment requests may rely too heavily on email, memory or individual recruiters.

Improve consistency

Identify where candidates may be getting a different experience depending on recruiter, team or interview stage.

Make the process easier to evidence

Understand whether your organisation can actually see what was requested, agreed and delivered.

This is a process health check, not legal advice or a compliance certification.

Why this matters

Many organisations already offer reasonable adjustments during recruitment. The challenge is making sure the process works consistently in practice.

A candidate may make a request by email. A recruiter may record it in notes. An interviewer may receive a separate message. By interview day, it can become difficult to see exactly what was agreed, who owns the next action and whether the adjustment was actually delivered.

The 10 checks below are designed to help TA teams spot where that process may be breaking down.

The 10 checks

Review each one against your current process.

1

Is there one clear way for candidates to request an adjustment?

Candidates should not have to guess whether they need to contact the recruiter, hiring manager, HR team or someone else.

Why it matters

Multiple entry points can create inconsistent experiences and make requests easier to miss.

2

Can candidates ask for help without knowing the name of an adjustment?

A candidate may know what they find difficult without knowing the formal name of the adjustment that could help.

Why it matters

If the process expects candidates to already know the solution, some people may never ask for support.

3

Does every adjustment request have a clear owner?

Someone should own the request from the moment it is received until the adjustment is ready.

Why it matters

Without ownership, requests can sit between recruitment, HR, hiring managers, IT or accessibility teams.

4

Can recruiters quickly see what actually needs to change?

Recruiters should be able to understand the practical action required without searching through emails or long notes.

Why it matters

The easier the instruction is to understand, the easier it is to arrange consistently.

5

Is the agreed adjustment kept separate from internal notes?

Recruiters may need internal discussion, but interviewers usually only need to know what to do differently.

Why it matters

Separating operational instructions from unnecessary personal information supports a more privacy-conscious process.

The real question

Could you clearly show what was requested, who owned it, what was agreed and whether it actually happened?

If the answer depends on which recruiter handled the case, your process may be working — but not consistently.

6

Does the interviewer receive clear practical instructions?

The interviewer should know exactly what needs to change before the interview begins.

Why it matters

An adjustment only works if the person running the interview understands how to deliver it.

7

Do adjustments follow the candidate through the recruitment process?

Candidates progressing through several interview or assessment stages should not have to start the conversation again each time.

Why it matters

Repeated requests create extra work for the candidate and increase the chance of information being lost.

8

Can you tell whether an adjustment is ready before interview day?

Recruiters should be able to see outstanding actions before the candidate arrives or joins the call.

Why it matters

Finding out on the day that captions, extra time, an accessible room or another adjustment has not been arranged is too late.

9

Do you record whether the agreed adjustment was actually delivered?

Agreeing an adjustment is only part of the process.

Why it matters

Without recording delivery, organisations may know what was requested but not whether the candidate actually received it.

10

Can you report on the process without exposing unnecessary candidate information?

TA leaders should be able to understand request volumes, delivery and process performance without turning sensitive candidate details into reporting data.

Why it matters

Good reporting should improve the process without creating unnecessary privacy risk.

How did your process compare?

No score. Just an honest sense of where you stand.

Strong foundation

Most of these checks already have a clear and consistent answer across your recruitment team.

Some gaps

The process works, but some steps depend on individual recruiters, emails or manual handoffs.

Worth reviewing

It would be difficult today to clearly evidence how adjustment requests move from candidate request to interview delivery.

If you only fix three things

Start here for the biggest difference.

1

One clear route for candidates

Make it obvious how a candidate asks for support.

2

One clear owner

Make sure somebody is responsible for moving the request forward.

3

Confirm delivery

Record whether the adjustment that was agreed actually happened.

Those three changes alone can make the process easier to manage and easier to understand.

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A simpler way to manage the process

Kindly Adjust

Kindly Adjust gives candidates a simple way to explain what would help, gives recruiters one clear workflow for managing requests and gives interviewers practical guidance on what they need to do differently.

Candidate

Tells you what would help

Recruiter

Reviews and manages the request

Interviewer

Receives practical instructions

Organisation

Tracks whether the adjustment was delivered

Candidate-led

Focus on what would help rather than requiring a diagnosis.

Clear ownership

Recruiters can see what needs attention and what happens next.

Practical interviewer guidance

Interviewers see what they need to do differently.

Better visibility

Organisations can understand whether agreed adjustments were actually delivered.

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