Inclusive Job Ad Language Checker

Hiring starts with the job ad. Small language choices can affect who feels encouraged to apply. Use this free checker to scan your job posting for gender-coded wording and get a clearer, more inclusive draft.

Used by employers to write clearer, more inclusive job ads.

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Paste your job ad text into the tool below

Review any flagged wording

Adjust language to keep requirements clear and widen appeal

Clearer job ads attract a broader range of qualified applicants.

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This tool is from a third-party resource. The implementation of this tool is inspired by the Gender Decoder developed by Kat Matfield, which applies research on gender-coded language to help identify wording patterns in job advertisements.

This resource is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal or compliance advice.

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Research and Tool Credit

This checker is based on academic research by Danielle Gaucher, Justin Friesen, and Aaron C. Kay (2011), Evidence That Gendered Wording in Job Advertisements Exists and Sustains Gender Inequality, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 101, No. 1, pp. 109–128).

The implementation of this tool is inspired by the Gender Decoder developed by Kat Matfield, which applies research on gender-coded language to help identify wording patterns in job advertisements.

This resource is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute legal or compliance advice.

This tool is embedded from a third-party resource.

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