Speech Impediment and Diversity Hiring
Im a sophomore at a t10 and am just starting to get into learning about ib recruiting and have a couple of speech impediments, stutter and lisp being the most prominent. Am I a candidate for diversity recruiting if they list that they are looking for people with disabilities? The ADA recognizes speech impediments as disabilities, but I've never necessarily felt the need to identify as disabled. Speaking has been a hard thing for me at certain points and I went to speech therapy, but right now I'm still confident when I speak and don't let them get in the way of anything. Outside of this, I'm just a normal white guy and feel like I would be very uncomfortable at diversity events. Any thoughts on what I should do?
Not sure the answer to your question but I have met one or two bankers with a speech impediment. Very very rare but can be done. I definitely see it as a challenge and I think any other reasonable person should as well.
Thanks for the reply. I would hope that my disabilities wouldn't limit my actual work. I'm assuming that if other reasonable people see it as a disability then I should be fine to go to diversity events and apply to openings right?
I was in a similar position with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) (also white guy at semi-target). It effected me for a long time but now I am very confident and it does not effect my work.
I did three disability programs (GS/BofA/JPM) and met an incredible mentor (global head of massive group) I am still friends with 4 years later. I highly recommend applying to these programs, but personally I did not discuss it in any of my interviews.
We can also DM privately, but someone doxxed/figured out who I am irl so now can only post anon until I create a new account.
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I would just go for it bro. Maybe in your interviews/networking play it up a bit and sound a little more retarded than normal so it's obvious
Lol this but unironically. If you pull up w/ barely a stutter, people are going to give you the side eye
Not at diversity events. There are a lot of non-physical disabilities people have, so there are a lot of people which look totally normal.
Real answer I think you should see which banks have disability diversity programs (because not all banks do, and you definitely don’t count for diversity programs that are just racial / gender diversity) and read the descriptions of the applicant qualifications. After that it’s up to you to see if you qualify and feel comfortable applying
Usually on the general application form (non-diversity) they will list the specific disabilities that count.
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