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PEAT TalksGettingHiredAugust 18, 2015

Adam StreetsSr. Director of Global Marketing, GettingHired

PEAT Talk: Accessible Platforms for Job Seekers

with Disabilities

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Who Is GettingHired?

• GettingHired.com connects talented job seekers who happen to have disabilities with employers, advocacy organizations, and service providers, through our fully accessible, 508-compliant website.

• The company is well known for being the largest job board and community for job seekers with disabilities in the U.S.

http://www.gettinghired.com

Understanding the Challenge

The Disability Labor Market The Job Post Lifecycle

Data sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics 2013 and ere.net, Dr. John Sullivan

Talent Attraction

Average Monthly Traffic

85,171visits/ month

12.2%view 3+ pages

per visit

62.2%return within

30 days

924.4registrations per month

YEARLYGETTINGHIRED SURVEY

HIGHLIGHTS

Job Seeker Frustrations

• 82% - Little to No response from jobs I have applied to

• 58% - Little to No response from employers where I have interviewed

• 56% - Not enough positions that fit my skills and qualifications

• 37% - Positions that fit my skills and qualifications do not pay enough

• 20% - Job descriptions are too restrictive/ specific• 19% - Websites that are not accessible

* 2015 GettingHired Job Seeker Survey

MONTHLYGETTINGHIRED SURVEY

HIGHLIGHTS

Survey Highlights

Education: • 99% of job seekers are high school graduates, 49% are college

graduates, 19% have advanced degrees

Employment Status:• 63% are currently unemployed, 25% are employed full time or part

time, 5% are full time students, only 7% are on disability leave

Application Completion:• 76% of job seekers complete applications with employers after they

click “Apply”.

Accommodation: • 13% of our job seekers require an accommodation to complete the

application process.

What’s Important to our Job Seekers?

Variety of job types

Accessibility/Ease of Use

Feedback from employers

Customer service

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What aspects of your GettingHired experience are most important to you?

Very Important Slightly Important Neutral Slightly Unimportant Very Unimportant

0 Respondents listed “Accessibility and Ease of Use” as Unimportant

Why Didn’t They Apply?

Employer's site not accessible

Too time consuming

I didn't realize I needed to…

Other

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If you didn't submit an application on the employer's site, why not?

Popular Reasons for "Other":Login for employer's ATS was not valid, Have not had a chance to apply yet, when I read the full description I realized I was not qualified or faced a work restriction, no openings were available near my location, job description was unrealistic

Accommodation Request

The accommodation statement wasn't easily recognizable

I was unable to access the employer's careers page

The employer was unable to reasonably meet my accommodation

The accommodation statement did not contain up-to-date contact information

Other

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If you needed to request an accommodation but were unable to, what was the reason?

Popular Reasons for "Other": Afraid to ask for fear of losing opportunity, told that I was not qualified and so request was not necessary, insensitivity towards a particular disability.

HOW GETTINGHIRED HELPS THE JOB SEEKER

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The Extra Step

• You apply, we follow up– We send daily emails to all of

our employers about candidates that applied to their positions.

– We follow up with calls to our employers to review the candidates and make sure they fully applied

• GettingHired also sends out monthly surveys to find out why applicants didn’t complete the process and what can be fixed in the process.

Webinars and Educational Information

• Attend FREE Job Seeker Educational Webinars

• Engage on Social Media• Take Career

Compatibility Assessments

• Search over 100K jobs• Get RightMatched to

Opportunities• Email Newsletters• Read exclusive blog

content from industry and career resources

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Links You Should Have

FIVE Virtual Career Fairs for 2015:http://www.gettinghired.com/Campaigns/2015-Virtual-Career-Fairs.aspx

• Only for job seekers with disabilities• Completely FREE for our job seekers

Google+: http://www.google.com/+GettingHired

Website: http://www.gettinghired.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gettinghired

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gettinghired

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gettinghired