Banking on disability-inclusive hiring to discover new talent

Mr Bernd Starke believes that inclusive hiring isn't just good from a business perspective, it also helps strengthen an organisation’s culture.

In addition, Deutsche Bank is a founding member of the Singapore Business Network on DisAbility , a community of businesses that shares best practices on disability inclusion initiatives. Today, the SBNoD network comprises more than 25 like-minded large corporate organisations and financial institutions.

With this in mind, dbEnable was set up in 2014 to pursue two main objectives: To build awareness of persons with disabilities as a source of talent, and to facilitate their employment at Deutsche Bank. It also functions as a voice and advocate for staff with disabilities, creating an inclusive workplace for talent to flourish.

Being a part of dbEnable has also given Mr Ong leadership opportunities. “Since 2018, I have co-led the annual dbEnable Work Placement Programme, where I help to shape the strategy of the programme and set the direction to construct a sustainable, junior hiring pipeline for Deutsche Bank Singapore.”Ms Jodie Ng started as an intern under Deutsche Bank's Work Placement Programme and is now a regional client service manager at the bank.

Ms Jodie Ng, a regional client service manager who is partially hard of hearing, described dbEnable’s work as having three key prongs of action: “Raising awareness among employees, gaining support and buy-in from our senior stakeholders, and engaging people with disabilities. Together with my committee members, we have worked towards driving intentional and tangible change in furthering diversity and inclusion for people with disabilities in Deutsche Bank.

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