Technology tools for promoting diversity and inclusion

Applied

Recruitment and assessment platform recognised for promoting diverse hiring, by anonymising and structuring the application process, the Applied platform aims to minimise the risk of unconscious biases.

Atipica 

 helping to rediscover underrepresented talent within your candidate pool.

Blendoor

A mobile job-matching app that hides application data that is not relevant – such as age, employment history, even photos – and highlights what is.

Gapjumpers

Tool for hosting blind screening challenges to hire diverse talent.

Gender Decoder for Job Ads

Test your job adds to see whether they include “gendered” words, which may discourage some applicants.

Hundred5

Reduce hidden biases by screening applicants based on job-related skills.

HustleCrew

A career advancement community empowering the underrepresented in tech.

Jopwell

Connecting companies with top-tier minority candidates.

Juggle Jobs

Job marketplace for people who are returning to work and are seeking flexible opportunities across HR, sales, finance, operations.

Planted

 Focused on junior talent, helps match non-techies with jobs at tech companies.

Pymetrics

Applying proven neuroscience games and bias-free AI to predictively match people with jobs where they will perform at the highest levels.

ROIKOI

Helps companies find diverse candidates through employee referrals and match those recommendations to open jobs.

Textio

Based on listings from over 10,000 companies, helps removes bias and negative language and trains individuals how to improve their job descriptions (goodbye rockstar ninja!).

Clusjion

A tool which identifies specific examples and general patterns of exclusionary behaviour and discrimination in daily operations.

GapSquare

Software which calculates your gender pay gap and provides recommendations for closing the gap.

Glassbreakers

Diversity and inclusion complete management system including mentor matching and data and analytics.

How do I?

Online training tool for new staff, particularly those with disabilities.

Kanjoya

Uses machine learning to analyse interview notes, performance reviews, and employee surveys to spot trends.

Leave Logic 

A parental leave management platform for employers.

Managing Maternity Leave

Best practices for managing maternity leave for line managers

Mentorloop

A tool to match your people into effective mentorships.

Panopy

An assessment tool to discover team strengths and empower to work better together.

Pluto

Analytics platform for Diversity and Inclusion including anonymous surveys and incident reporting.

Inclusive Boards

Agency set up specifically to support organisations in efforts to develop more diverse boards and stronger governance structures.

Nurole

Innovative recruitment platform for board and senior executive roles.

Web Accessibility (Udacity program, and online resources)

Developed by Google, these resources provide a valuable knowledge base and training program, covering the basics developing accessible products for the web.

Readable.io

Analyses your writing to give you a “readability score” helping you identify text which may be difficult to understand and highlighting changes which could make it easier to read. Packages range from $4-$69 / month.

Dyslexie Font

The most common reading errors of dyslexia are swapping, mirroring, changing, turning and melting letters together. In the Dyslexie font, every letter is uniquely shaped, eliminating the common reading errors of dyslexia.

Noto Fonts

Google has been developing a font family called Noto, which aims to support all languages with a harmonious look and feel.

FontAwesome

A free icon set which look great and can also help low-literacy users to interact with your product.

How to write in plain English

Widely adopted free guide from the Plain English Campaign on how to write clear accessible copy while maintaining style and meaning.

Color Contrast Check

Free tool to evaluate contrast ratios between foreground and background.

Dyslexia Style Guide 2018

Creating Dyslexia Friendly Content. Free resource from the British Dyslexia Association describing simple design considerations for clear text presentation.

Test your document’s readability

Overview of the reading level checking tool available within Microsoft Word.

Think about your micro-copy

A few tips to help you write accessible microcopy: the text that guides you through a website or app.

Considering colour blindness in UX design (with five examples)

A collection of examples of barriers in interaction design and examples of how to fix them.

Textures.js

Textures.js is a free JavaScript library for creating SVG patterns, designed to improve the readability of data visualization. Free.

BBC subtitle guidelines

Free resource concentrating mainly on content of subtitles, and how to communicate different types of audio through text.

Add your own subtitles and captions

Simple guide to using YouTube’s subtitling functionality.

Channel 4 subtitling guidelines for foreign language programmes

Publicly available guidelines on structure and presentation of foreign language subtitles, including information on size and layout.

BBC subtitle guidelines

Free resource concentrating mainly on content of subtitles, and how to communicate different types of audio through text.

Inclusive Design Toolkit

General mobility & dexterity accessibility tips, including products, built environment, and transport.

Accessible Unboxing of the Xbox Adaptive Controller

Overview of the the wide range of accessibility considerations in the packaging design for an accessible Xbox controller.

Improving accessibility for motor impaired users

Overview of some key dexterity related accessibility considerations to keep in mind when designing and developing websites.