Teach Access provides the Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit to help organizations build internal capacity for producing accessible digital products by developing a knowledgeable and skilled workforce.
The toolkit currently provides Position Description Language and Screening and Interview Questions.
The Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit resides on GitHub as an open source resource. You can access the latest content through the GitHub site, submit issues directly through GitHub, or contact us via email with any questions.
Translations can either be submitted through a pull request through GitHub or sent via email in markdown format.
New job position requests can be added through the issue tracker in GitHub or through email. If you already have content in mind for the job position, please ensure it matches the current format of job position pages. Job positions are currently structured as follows:
The Teach Access Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit is a free tool that offers language and sample interview questions for different job positions. It aims to bridge the accessibility skills gap and is updated annually by Teach Access.
The toolkit was developed to address the accessibility skills gap and promote inclusivity in hiring processes. It equips Human Resources and Hiring Managers with resources to ensure that candidates with an understanding of digital accessibility are considered.
The toolkit provides language and interview questions that can be incorporated into job descriptions. You can adapt these resources to your needs or use the provided content.
Human Resources and Hiring Managers are encouraged to utilize the toolkit. It assists in integrating accessibility-focused descriptions and interview questions into their hiring processes.
You can incorporate toolkit components into your job descriptions to highlight the importance of digital accessibility skills. Additionally, you can integrate the sample interview questions to evaluate candidates’ understanding of accessibility.
Utilizing the toolkit can enhance your hiring process to ensure you’re selecting candidates with a grasp of digital accessibility. This contributes to a more inclusive and diverse workforce.
Teach Access updates the toolkit annually to maintain evolving accessibility practices and ensure its relevance.
Absolutely. You can adapt the language, descriptions, and interview questions to meet your organization’s needs.
By promoting the integration of accessibility-related content into job descriptions and interview questions, the toolkit helps ensure that candidates with digital accessibility knowledge are considered for positions, thus closing the skills gap.
You can access the Teach Access Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit on the Teach Access website, or Github
Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit by Teach Access is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Interview questions adapted from the Accessibility Interview Questions open source resource.
Teach Access is a 501(c)(3) public charity registered in the United States, EIN # 86-1697668. Contributions are tax-deductible. Please consult your tax advisor for applicable rules and regulations governing tax deductions.
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