Recruiting & Hiring

Join the USBLN on September 19-22, 2010 in Chicago, IL, for its conference Aligning Disability with the Bottom Line: Talent, Market Share and Supplier Diversity. This event will bring together corporate, government, disability-owned businesses and BLN affiliates to create workplaces, marketplaces and supply chains where people with disabilities are fully included as professionals, customers and entrepreneurs. Register for the conference online.

Fact sheet describes three tax incentives available to help employers cover accommodation costs for employees and/or customers with disabilities, making their businesses accessible for everyone.

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. Available in text and downloaded PDF format.

On July 26th, 2010, President Obama issued an executive order instructing federal agencies to take steps to increase employment of people with disabilities. This webinar from the USDA TARGET Center's Discovery Series from January 2010 highlights some of these key steps. 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 federal and private workplace.

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.

Provides free consulting services and resources to help employers recruit and hire qualified workers, and assists employment service providers and job seekers 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 for employers to ensure maximum benefit when interviewing a person with a disability.

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.

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.

This article from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) reports that an estimated 15 to 20 percent of the U.S. population has a disability that might affect their ability to use technology. In order to tap into this large talent pool of potential employees, employers need to make sure that their entire recruitment process is accessible--including their job application and recruitment websites. In 2009 the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and SHRM signed an Alliance Agreement to work together to promote the employment of people with disabilities.

Developed Bridges from school to work, a program that matches the interests and abilities of young people with the workforce needs of employers, creating and supporting strong employment relationships that work to the benefit of all.

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.

Report from the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University regarding employers attitudes about people with disabilities. This link opens a PDF document.

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.

Information on local chapters, conferences and other information from business owners on best practices in hiring, retaining and marketing to people with disabilities.