Workforce & People
Digitized Discrimination: A Study of Hiring Assessments
Many organizations have incorporated technology into their hiring processes. The Center for Democracy and Technology studied how one hiring technology — digitized assessments — impacts job seekers with disabilities.
December 11, 2024 •
Julia Edinger
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A recent report from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) explores organizations’ use of digitized assessments in the hiring process — underlining the potential negative impact on people with disabilities.
There has been an increased focus on digital accessibility at both the state and local levels of government, in part due to a new federal ruling mandating it. And while technology is transforming the hiring process for many organizations, hiring tools can have disproportionately negative outcomes for people with disabilities.
CDT’s new report, Screened Out: The Impact of Digitized Hiring Assessments on Disabled Workers, argues the use of digitized assessments in hiring presents a variety of accessibility barriers and potentially discriminatory outcomes.
Ariana Aboulafia, a project lead [...]