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A Western Australian professor who spent decades helping blind people break into tech just won his state's highest technology honor. His program achieves job placement rates up to 28 percentage points higher than the national average for blind workers.
Frontier Co-op proves that hiring people with criminal records isn't just compassionate—it's smart business. One quarter of their recent hires were justice-involved individuals, and they're outperforming expectations.
Companies that remove words like "fast-paced" and "agile" from job postings attract significantly more applicants, including those without disabilities. A groundbreaking University of Guelph study reveals that inclusive language works better for everyone.