An award-winning program connecting neurodivergent people with meaningful employment and helping workplaces fill IT skills gaps.
Meet Venus, Luke and Lachlan - three of the 350 DXC Dandelion team members who received training and support for fulfilling jobs in IT. Venus, Luke and Lachlan celebrate the program’s decade of success by sharing their unique career stories.
Neurodivergent people, such as those on the autism spectrum, or who have dyslexia or ADHD, often have an extraordinary capacity for visual thinking, accuracy and attention to detail. These are invaluable skills in the IT industry, particularly in areas such as cybersecurity or data analytics.
Established in 2014, the DXC Dandelion Program embraces, supports and expands the skills of neurodivergent people to help them secure long-term, fulfilling IT careers.
As a result, DXC's customers and partners are given access to highly skilled team members with strong technical capability, to meet their IT needs. Backed by global research and designed in collaboration with neurodivergent people, the DXC Dandelion Program provides:
The DXC Dandelion Program currently operates in Australia, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Egypt, and the Philippines.
Employment retention rate
Increase in the overall productivity of teams that participate in the program
Job satisfaction reported by neurodivergent people
After the program concludes, most participating workplaces offer permanent positions to DXC Dandelion team members
Of colleagues say the program doesn’t add any additional overhead work
Workplaces report experiencing a competitive advantage since developing a neurodiverse workforce
As a leading IT services company with a global ecosystem of technology alliance partners, neurodivergent individuals are provided with broad education pathways and career progression opportunities
Teams established globally across Asia Pacific, U.K., Europe and the Middle East.
“Having worked with the DXC Dandelion team, we’ve successfully transitioned over 11 individuals to permanent employees, who have brought extraordinary skills and expertise to our organisation. We have found that the training tools we have in place for our employees to support neurodivergent individuals have created an empowering and constructive workplace environment, as well as a culture that allows them to thrive.”
Andrew Baird
ANZ Spectrum Program Manager, ANZ Bank
Award-winning DXC Dandelion Program set to help neurodivergent people build careers in the IT industry.
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