The Right to Work and Finding Work: the Inaccessibility of Private and Public Sector Career Portals

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dc.contributor.authorOtter, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, Thorsten
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-29T12:03:27Z
dc.date.available2023-08-29T12:03:27Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe right to participation in society for people with disabilities is relatively well established in national and international law and convention (UNCRPD), and increasingly in social norms. These rights include the right to work. The majority of job opportunities today are advertised and applied for almost exclusively online in digital form. In late 2017 we performed both automated testing of career sites against WCAG 2.0 and BITV standards and a multi-day detailed laboratory observation of visually impaired and blind testers applying for jobs across 10 German organisations in the public and private sectors. The tests note significant problems with the accessibility of the career sites, both in terms of standards compliance and practical use testing. This study illustrates the barriers that digital technologies can create for people with disabilities. This paper will highlight and classify these issues, explore their causes, and briefly suggest improvements for software developers, employers and regulators.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) (grant no.: 16DII111, 16DII112, 16DII113, 16DII114, 16DII115, 16DII116, 16DII117 – „Deutsches Internet-Institut“)
dc.identifier.citationOtter, T., & Schwarz, T. (2019). The Right to Work and Finding Work: The Inaccessibility of Private and Public Sector Career Portals. Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019: Challenges of Digital Inequality, 194–201. https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.CP/2.30
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.34669/wi.cp/2.30
dc.identifier.eissn2510-7666
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/58
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWeizenbaum Institute
dc.relation.ispartofhttps://doi.org/10.34669/WI.CP/2.32
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWeizenbaum Conference Proceedings
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectEconomicsen
dc.subjectNews media, journalism, publishingen
dc.subjectInteractive, electronic Mediaen
dc.subjectLabor Market Researchen
dc.subjectInterneten
dc.subjectjob searchen
dc.subjectsoftwareen
dc.subjectFederal Republic of Germanyen
dc.subjectblindnessen
dc.subjectjob offeren
dc.subjectdeprivationen
dc.subjectdigital mediaen
dc.subjectright to worken
dc.subjectvisual impairmenten
dc.subjectWirtschaftde
dc.subjectPublizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesende
dc.subjectAccessibilityde
dc.subjectRecruitmentde
dc.subjectWebde
dc.subjectBITVde
dc.subjectArbeitsmarktforschungde
dc.subjectinteraktive, elektronische Mediende
dc.subjectBundesrepublik Deutschlandde
dc.subjectDigitale Mediende
dc.subjectBenachteiligungde
dc.subjectRecht auf Arbeitde
dc.subjectSehbehinderungde
dc.subjectSoftwarede
dc.subjectStellenangebotde
dc.subjectBlindheitde
dc.subjectInternetde
dc.subjectArbeitsuchede
dc.subject.ddc330 Wirtschaft
dc.subject.ddc070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus & Verlagswesen
dc.subject.ddc004 Informatik
dc.titleThe Right to Work and Finding Work: the Inaccessibility of Private and Public Sector Career Portals
dc.typeConferencePaper
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.booktitleProceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBerlin
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend201
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart194
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