Online Recruitment for People With Disabilities

Cornell University research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy has identified approaches to designing employer career webpages that can significantly heighten the likelihood of a company’s success in attracting job seekers with disabilities and encouraging them to apply for open positions.Susanne Bruyère, a professor of Disability Studies and academic director of the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability at the Cornell ILR School, takes a close look at this research—and what it means for employers as well as people with disabilities—and offers insights for recruiting applicants with disabilities, finetuning hiring processes and understanding how a person with a disability may choose to self-identify to potential employers.What You'll LearnApproaches to disability-inclusive messaging on Fortune 500 company career webpagesHow job seekers with disabilities approach job searching onlineHow to tailor messaging to encourage job seekers with disabilities to apply and self-identifyThe Cornell Keynotes podcast is brought to you by eCornell, which offers more than 200 online certificate programs to help professionals advance their careers and organizations. Susanne Bruyère is an author of these programs:Neurodiversity at WorkWorkplace Disability InclusionResources mentioned in the episode:Checklist for Employers: Facilitating the Hiring of People with Disabilities through the use of eRecruiting Screening Systems, Including AIDisability Outreach and Inclusion Messaging: Assessment Checklist for Career PagesODEP websiteYang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability Website Did you enjoy this episode of the Cornell Keynotes podcast? Watch the full Keynote. Follow eCornell on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X.