Refining the corporate recruiting process to ensure that it's accessible to all job applicants just got easier.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), working with the nonprofit Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology — PEAT — has unveiled a website dedicated to assisting employers in upgrading their online recruiting tools to enhance their accessibility. Called TalentWorks, the site offers a wide array of useful information, presented in various formats, on upgrading online recruiting tools.
The site explains that the need to assist employers in upgrading their online recruiting tools was made clear by a PEAT survey that found that 46 percent of job candidates with disability who participated in the survey said applying online was "difficult to impossible."
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
