by DirectEmployers Guest | Nov 17, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Recruitment Marketing
I was asked the question recently why our company specifically targets veterans in our recruiting efforts and what we do for them once they come on board. This is a topic I enjoy talking about because I see so many meaningful endeavors here at Shaw.
First of all, why wouldn’t we want to target veterans to come work for our company? One of the basic elements of life in the military is serving your country. You can go to any military branch’s website and see the word “HONOR”. The fundamental tenet of military life is honorable service…
by DirectEmployers Guest | Nov 15, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Recruitment Marketing
One definition of the word “honor” involves giving respect to those who are admired, or a showing of merited respect. Roehl Transport respects and admires our nation’s veterans. It’s fitting, then, that members of TeamRoehl who have served in our nation’s military can...
by DirectEmployers Guest | Nov 10, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Recruitment Marketing
The last few months, I have tried to highlight recruiting military veterans from a different angle. For years, the veteran has been told to adapt, change and be able to articulate what they have done in the service. As far as I can remember that has been the norm when hiring veterans. This tactic simple does not work! We have to change our mindsets to truly affect our veteran hiring program. Over the last four blogs, I have tried to highlight ways we can change to give the veteran a better chance to show off their amazing skill sets.
by DirectEmployers Guest | Nov 8, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Recruitment Marketing
Hiring military Veterans is a company-wide effort at J.B. Hunt, and we are dedicated to employing 10,000 Veterans by 2020. We value your character and what you bring to the transportation industry – hard work, devotion, intelligence, leadership and aptitude....
by DirectEmployers Guest | Oct 27, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Partners
Reaching Out: Create an Approach Once you have identified several potential sourcing organizations (VR, community based organizations, non-profits, and organizations on campuses/universities), consider your approach to these organizations. Consider a method similar to...
by DirectEmployers Guest | Oct 20, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Partners
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) represent an 85% unemployment rate in the U. S.—a significant untapped talent pool that offers substantial potential to employers across all industries. According to the Institute for Corporate Productivity’s (i4cp) groundbreaking study, Employing People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, over a third of employers in high-performance organizations—those companies that excel in market share, revenue growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction over a five-year period—that employee people with IDD found them to be good talent matches for open positions.
by DirectEmployers Guest | Oct 19, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Partners
October is a special time of year for us at the Department of Labor. If you’ve been following this blog in recent weeks, you may already know why; It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Managed by our Office of Disability Employment Policy, this annual observance celebrates the contributions of workers with disabilities and educates Americans about the value of a diverse workforce that welcomes everyone’s skills and talents. In other words, it’s all about inclusion.
by DirectEmployers Guest | Oct 18, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Partners
We are all in search of great talent. “If you want to have a workforce that thinks outside of the box I think it’s really important to be tapping into a diverse population like the population of workers with disabilities, because they live outside of the box....
by DirectEmployers Guest | Oct 13, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Partners
Twenty four years ago my son, Jacob, was born with hydrocephalus, or water on the brain. After several surgeries, doctors told us Jacob would be living with both physical and intellectual disabilities. They also told us not to expect much of Jacob in terms of his ability to participate in civic life, community life and in work. And they plunged us into what I now call the “The Tyranny of Low Expectations.”
by DirectEmployers Guest | Oct 11, 2016 | OFCCP Compliance, Partners
MS affects more than 2.3 million worldwide.
If you have met one person with multiple sclerosis (MS), than you have met one person with MS — as no two people’s experiences are the same. MS is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms vary from person to person and range from numbness and tingling, to walking difficulties, fatigue, dizziness, pain, depression, blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted.
