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Looking for qualified workers with disabilities? Sign up to post jobs or view the resumes of hundreds of qualified people with disabilities.
Article from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) covers a wide range of disability employment interests including many of the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy's (ODEP) programs and policy activity.
A nationwide network of vocational rehabilitation state employment specialists to help employers seeking to hire qualified individuals with disabilities.
Guide designed to acquaint business leaders with programs and resources that can assist them in hiring people with disabilities.
Brochure for small- and medium-sized businesses interested in increasing their hiring pool by recruiting well-qualified employees with disabilities. This link opens a PDF document, but is also available in text format.
A collection of articles from the Employer Assistance & Recruiting Network (EARN) about the benefits of employing people with disabilities. The success stories also include accounts of actual employees with disabilities and their professional development in the workplace. Read a success story.
This U.S. Department of Agriculture's TARGET Center Discovery Series Webcast provides information about employing people with disabilities. Learn about the technology, organizations, hiring authorities and best practices that enable the employment and advancement of people with disabilities, one of the biggest untapped resources in today's public and private workplaces.
Guide from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy outlines the advantages of hiring people with disabilities. This link opens a PDF document.
Information regarding how your company can support diversity, including employees with disabilities.
A September 2007 report on the needs and challenges of American businesses in employing people with disabilities.
Practical suggestions regarding hiring people with disabilities.
Information from the Social Security Administration's Office of Employment Support Programs on how to become an Employment Network (EN) under the Ticket to Work Program. As an EN, employers are offered a financial incentive to hire people with disabilities. Employers can recruit from hundreds of Social Security disability beneficiaries who want to work, and generate over $4,700 in income within the first 9 months of a beneficiary's employment. This link opens a PDF document.
Information and resources from the Cornell University Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research about interviewing, hiring and training employees with disabilities.
Fact sheet provides general information concerning the application of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. This link opens a PDF document.
Provides information about what states, localities and workforce development services can do to address employers' needs relating to hiring and retaining employees with disabilities. This guide can also be downloaded in PDF format in Spanish.
Information about WorkSupport.com which identifies supports that are most cost effective in the workplace for assisting persons with disabilities to maintain employment and advance their careers. This link opens a PDF document.
Through this captioned video presentation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) TARGET Discovery Series, learn about the technology, organizations, hiring authorities, and best practices that can help increase the employment and advancement of people with disabilities--one of the biggest untapped resources in today's federal and private workplaces.
Information and resources about disability and employment from the Cornell University Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research for human resource professionals and businesses.
Comprehensive technical assistance resource on the employment of people with disabilities which highlights best practices.
In 1988 Congress designated each October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This effort to educate the American public about issues related to disability and employment actually began in 1945, when Congress enacted a law declaring the first week in October each year National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. Read President Barack Obama's National Disability Employment Month proclamation and learn more about NDEAM events and celebrations that will take place throughout the month of October.
The newest program within the Sierra's Group's Workplace Foundation. The initiative is being launched in order to maximize national connections with businesses, agencies, government and veterans with disabilities in order to stimulate employment.
Web portal for college graduates with disabilities to help them find employment. Students and graduates can register on the site and post their resumes and browse through job listings posted by employers from around the country.
Proving Individuals with Talent Can Help (PITCH) Campaign spokesman, Jim Abbott, is helping to spread the word about the value that people with disabilities can bring to the workplace. Learn more about PITCH, and get answers to your questions about hiring people with disabilities and how parents can help put their children on the path to future employment.
Includes a series of posters that display positive messages about disability and employment. Download one poster or all seven posters in PDF format. Each poster includes a message that speaks to a different audience, including employers/employees, youth, people with disabilities and the general public. Use these posters to help spread the word that at work, it's what people can do that matters.
Employers that have a demonstrated commitment to hiring people with disabilities are encouraged to consider becoming Employer Partners of the Ticket to Work Program. Being an Employer Partner allows companies to gain exposure to thousands of Americans with disabilities with a link to their career or job posting websites.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the Regents of the University of California, on behalf of UCLA Anderson School of Management Executive Education Programs (EEP), have announced an Alliance Agreement to help advance employment opportunities for managers with disabilities.
