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Job Market for People with Disabilities Continues to Grow
By Lucy Wyndham “With the U.S. unemployment rate at just 3.7% – roughly a half-century low – employers have increasingly considered job applicants they often overlooked in the first stages of what is now a record-long economic expansion,” writes Barbara Goldberg for Reuters. According to National Public Radio, meanwhile, the unemployment is “the lowest in nearly … Continue reading
People with Disabilities in US – Only four out of ten working-age adults are employed
The low unemployment rate is leading employers to recruit and hire people they might otherwise screen out, such as people with disabilities or criminal backgrounds. The effects are also showing up in the data: The number of people who cite disability as a reason for not working has recently fallen, reversing a decades-long trend. But … Continue reading
Job Seekers with Disabilities – How Accessible Is Your Recruiting Technology?
Challenges for Job Seekers The Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT) survey found that 46 percent of respondents rated their last experience applying for a job online as “difficult to impossible.” Of those, 9 percent were unable to complete the application and 24 percent required assistance from the employer. Of those applicants who required … Continue reading
Canada – Close to half of working-age people with disabilities are employed
Of the 2,338,200 working-age people with disabilities in Canada, 1,057,100 were employed (45.2%), 125,700 were unemployed (5.4%) and 1,155,500 were not in the labour force (49.4%). Employment rates differed depending on the type of disability. People with developmental, cognitive and mental health-related disabilities face greater employment challenges than people with sensory or physical disabilities. Chart 1 Work potential status of people with disabilities, aged 15 to 64, 2012 Chosen … Continue reading
UK – Retaining and developing employees with disabilities – A Report
With expenditure on staff turnover in just 5 sectors costing UK business more than £4 billion each year and the average cost of replacing individual employees estimated at £30,000, Business Disability Forum (BDF) is thrilled to release the first ever report about the skills, confidence and practices that help retain and develop employees with disabilities … Continue reading
People with Disabilities in US – Recruiting, Hiring, Retaining, and Promoting: A guide for employers
This resource guide identifies relevant federal and federally funded resources for employers looking to recruit, hire, retain, and promote people with disabilities. It is designed to answer common questions raised by employers and to identify relevant resources for employers who want additional information on specific topics. The goal of this guide is to help employers … Continue reading
Disabilities – ‘We haven’t found a disability we can’t employ’ says former senior vice-president at US retailer Walgreens
“Let me tell you a story,” says Randy Lewis, former senior vice-president at US retailer Walgreens, in a Texan drawl. And it’s quite a story. It’s the tale of how a man who led logistics at America’s largest drug-store chain, supporting it as it grew from 1,600 to 8,000 outlets with the most advanced … Continue reading
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