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Veteran Hiring: Unplugged with Eric Eversole, President of Hiring Our Heroes
“There’s no one size fits all,” says Eric Eversole. He’s the President of Hiring Our Heroes, a nationwide initiative to help veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses find meaningful employment opportunities.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation launched the program in March of 2011, and through their commitment-based engagement of the business community, more than 940 job fairs held across the country, and a suite of free online career tools, they’ve worked with their partners to help hundreds of thousands of veterans and military spouses find jobs.
We were able to sit down with Eversole and discuss best practices for veteran hiring. Watch the video to hear what he had to say:
Changing the Spectrum: Autism in the Workplace
The following post was authored by Leslie Long and David Kearon and is being shared with permission from our partner, Autism Speaks. This October marks the 70th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), an opportunity for us all to...
OFCCP Week In Review: October 26, 2015
The “OFCCP Week in Review” is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment published every Monday. Here are this week’s developments: October 19, 2015: OFCCP creates a new “Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation” pocket...
DirectEmployers Gives Back | Habitat for Humanity
Did you know October 24 is Make a Difference Day? Giving back to the community is important to the Association, and recently several staff members from DirectEmployers took a day to volunteer and give back by caulking, painting and tearing down an old barn for a dear...
Disability Outreach Partners Help Individuals Regain Hope & Independence
Each October we celebrate the many contributions of America’s workers with disabilities as part of Disability Employment Awareness Month. The theme of this year’s campaign, “My disability is one part of who I am,” could not ring more true. People are not defined by...
Why You Don’t Want to Miss the SHRM Diversity & Inclusion Conference
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is hosting their Diversity & Inclusion Conference & Exposition in Boston October 26-28th, 2015. This event is designed to help HR professionals make the business case for diversity through sessions that will...
How Universities, Nonprofits and Employers Are Making “Ability” Count In the Workplace
For most employers, diversity and disability hiring are often thought of as separate initiatives, but despite the differences of disclosure and accommodation, disability simply is diversity. In fact, people with disabilities make up the largest minority group in the...
Building a Pipeline for Talent with a Disability: Tips and Techniques for Sourcing
The following post was authored by Martha C. Artiles and is being shared with permission from our partner, C5 Consulting LLC. This post is the first post of a two-part series focusing on helping employers build a pipeline for talent with disabilities. We are all in...
OFCCP Develops a Reasonable Accommodation Pocket Card
OFCCP created a new “Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation” pocket card. The pocket card helps applicants, employees and other interested parties understand the process for requesting a reasonable accommodation. The card uses simple language and answers these four...
OFCCP Week In Review: October 19, 2015
The “OFCCP Week in Review” is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment published every Monday. Here are this week’s developments: October 13, 2015: Hospira Signs $400,000 Conciliation Agreement (“CA”) With OFCCP To...
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