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Encouraging Applicants with Disabilities: Job Descriptions and Announcements (Checklist)

Use this tool to review your organization's job descriptions and announcements for accessibility.

Employers can use this checklist to ensure that job descriptions and announcements contain language and information that encourages people with disabilities to apply for jobs with their organization. It includes information about job/candidate fit, messaging that conveys inclusivity and accessibility, ways to distinguish between essential and marginal job functions and minimum qualification standards. This tool is meant to be used in conjunction with “Encouraging Applicants with Disabilities: Job Descriptions and Announcements (Checklist Explainer).”