CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 19, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) today announces that
the company has joined the Work Without Limits Business
Network to foster greater employment opportunities for
candidates with disabilities. As part of its diversity and
inclusion (D&I) journey, Forrester's hiring initiatives focus
on attracting talent from all backgrounds — including racial,
ethnic, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran, and
ability. According to the World Health Organization, more than one
billion people — an estimated 15% of the world's population — live
with a disability. In addition to recruiting people with
disabilities, the network will provide Forrester access to
disability inclusion consulting services and trainings, service
organizations, and relevant events to advance disability
employment.
Work Without Limits — an initiative of Commonwealth
Medicine, the consulting and operations division of UMass Chan
Medical School — is a network of employers, educational
institutions, employment service providers, and state and federal
agencies working to ensure that employment for people with
disabilities equates to those without disabilities. Its programs
and services are geared to meet the needs of businesses that
actively recruit people with disabilities, individuals with
disabilities seeking jobs, and the employment providers that serve
them.
"Organizations must step up and contribute to impactful
opportunities, events, and inclusive change for individuals with
disabilities," said Bonnie Rivers,
director of employer relations at Work Without Limits. "We are
pleased to partner with Forrester to help them attract diverse
candidates with disabilities across all levels of employment."
In addition to advancing D&I at its own firm, Forrester is
committed to producing research to help business and technology
leaders build more inclusive experiences for their employees and
customers. Forrester also finds that accessibility is a core
element of firms' comprehensive diversity, equity, and inclusion
strategy. Globally, 36% of companies have executive-level
commitments to create accessible digital experiences. Forrester's
research about digital accessibility and inclusive design best
practices helps leaders navigate and better serve the needs of
individuals with disabilities.
Noteworthy research includes:
- Prioritize Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion (DEI) In Design
Teams To Create Inclusive Experiences. Learn why DEI in
design teams matters and discover best practices from design
leaders committed to creating diverse and inclusive design
teams.
- The Billion-Customer Opportunity: Digital
Accessibility. Making digital products accessible can
improve customer experiences in unexpected ways, boost employee
productivity, and appeal to values-based consumers.
- Get Accessibility Right: Recruit People With Disabilities
Into The Design Process. To yield innovation, companies
should recruit people with disabilities to participate in design
research — instead of approaching accessibility from a
compliance-driven perspective.
"Attracting talent from all backgrounds and perspectives is one
of our key recruitment priorities," said Julie Kelly, VP of talent acquisition at
Forrester. "We look forward to collaborating with Work Without
Limits to maximize employment opportunities for people with
disabilities and play our part in addressing the barriers keeping
them from finding work."
Resources:
- Learn more about how Forrester approaches diversity and
inclusion.
- Visit here to learn more about careers at Forrester.
- Learn how companies are prioritizing accessibility and the
challenges that remain.
About Forrester
Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) is one of the most influential research
and advisory firms in the world. We help leaders across technology,
marketing, customer experience, product, and sales functions use
customer obsession to accelerate growth. Through Forrester's
proprietary research, consulting, and events, leaders from around
the globe are empowered to be bold at work — to navigate change and
put their customers at the center of their leadership, strategy,
and operations. Our unique insights are grounded in annual surveys
of more than 700,000 consumers, business leaders, and technology
leaders worldwide; rigorous and objective research methodologies,
including Forrester Wave™ evaluations; 70 million real-time
feedback votes; and the shared wisdom of our clients. To learn
more, visit Forrester.com.
Media Contact:
Ira Kantor
Public Relations
Forrester Research, Inc.
ikantor@forrester.com
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