Addressing the Elephant in the Room: E-Recruiting and Accessibility
The subject of accessibility in e-recruiting and digital recruitment is often overlooked or misunderstood. This session will discuss how to leverage e-recruiting and use technology focused on providing accessible applications, onboarding and candidate engagement programs for job seekers with disabilities. This session will help you:
· Find solutions, talent communities and organizations that provide access to candidates with
disabilities going beyond job boards to reach specific, active and engaged job candidates.
· Learn strategies to conducting an accessibility audit of your organization's current recruiting and
e-recruiting processes and activities.
· Understand how to address accessibility for federal contractors, government, and private as well as public businesses.
Josh Christianson
Josh Christianson is Project Director for the Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship (PIA) where he leads efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive workforce through apprenticeship. Josh has extensive experience in supporting the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts of non-profit organizations, private companies, and government agencies.
He is the former director of the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT), where he built cross-sector partnerships to shape the policies and practices contributing to the development of accessible emerging technologies in the workplace.
Before coming to PEAT Josh was a Senior Consultant at Deloitte where he provided talent strategies, change management, and leadership development support to federal agencies.
Prior to Deloitte he spent several years with The Posse Foundation as the Career Program Manager where he cultivated relationships with companies and organizations to provide career development opportunities for Posse Scholars and Alumni.
Jessica Miller-Merrell
Jessica Miller-Merrell is the Founder of Workology, a workplace resource for HR, recruiting professionals and business leaders, and host of the Workology Podcast. The site has been listed twice as a top 75 career resource by Forbes. Jessica is the president and CEO of Xceptional HR, a human capital strategy and consulting agency. Because of her industry expertise and knowledge, Jessica’s expertise is sought after and sourced by publications and media including: The Economist, Forbes, CIO Magazine, CBS, Entrepreneur Magazine, and SHRM’s HR Magazine. Her new book, Digitizing Talent: Creative Strategies for the Digital Recruiting Age was published in 2023 by SHRM.