by Candee Chambers | Oct 13, 2020 | Podcast
Season 2 • Episode 2
When hitting a roadblock, Janet Fiore’s motto is always, “We can figure this out,” and that’s precisely what she did in the realm of disability education. Having a fear of getting it wrong or trying to figure out where to start was a challenge, and the results often lead to overcompensating or overreaching. Janet has cultivated a safe space for learners in The Sierra Group’s DisabilityEtiquette© course and DisabilityRecruiter© Certification. During this podcast, Janet discusses her initial draw to assistive technology, the work of The Sierra Group and its foundation and role in the disability space, and how employers can remove the obstacles to have a fully inclusive workforce.
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by John C. Fox | Aug 10, 2020 | Week In Review (WIR)
- VETS-4212 Reporting Window is Open
- EEOC Resumed Mailing Notice of Right to Sue Letters
- OFCCP Mails First-Ever VEVRAA Focused Review Audit Letters!
- Learn more on the Davis-Bacon Act and the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act
- OFCCP Updates on Conciliation, Mediation, and the Ombuds Service
- Looking to Improve Your Disability Inclusion Efforts?
- Call for Nominations! Panel to Evaluate the Quality of Compensation Data Collected from the EEO-1 Survey
- Technical Assistance Guides on the Opioid Crisis and the ADA
- Purple Heart Day: The Decoration Turned 232 Years Old
- July Employment In The US Jumped Up An Astounding 1,800,000 As America Began To Return To Work
by Jaime Costilow | Apr 23, 2020 | OFCCP Compliance
Throughout 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) hosted seven Town Hall meetings located across the country to seek insights from industry experts and stakeholder communities related to their equal employment opportunity obligations. After...
by John C. Fox | Oct 21, 2019 | Week In Review (WIR)
- NDEAM Event Announced
- AZilg 44th Annual Conference
- OFCCP Website Update – “New” is back!
by John C. Fox | Apr 15, 2019 | Week In Review (WIR)
- Big, Big Week for OFCCP
- OFCCP Proposes Two New Construction Compliance Check Audit Scheduling Letters
- OFCCP Financial Industry Town Hall
- Plaintiffs Want EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Reporting Completed By May 31, 2019
- OFCCP Legal Industry Town Hall
- Stanton To Lead WHD
- EEOC Released FY 2018 Enforcement and Litigation Data
- OFCCP & ODEP Talk Disability Inclusion
- OFCCP Proposed New Audit Letters
by Jaime Costilow | Oct 9, 2018 | Partners
If you received a resume, would you pass over a qualified candidate if they identified themselves as having a disability? It’s a thought-provoking question because for some companies whose leadership have made inclusion and accommodations a priority, the answer is no....
by DirectEmployers Guest | Oct 18, 2017 | Partners
Every October, our country celebrates the workplace contributions of people with disabilities during National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This month provides an ideal opportunity to increase awareness of a diverse pipeline of talent while promoting...
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 Association | Oct 28, 2015 | OFCCP Compliance, Recruitment Marketing
POP QUIZ: What is the largest minority group in the country? People with disabilities. This heterogeneous group makes up 20% of the U.S. population[i], and it is one diversity segment that many people will join throughout the course of their lifetime. Why then does...
by DirectEmployers Association | Mar 24, 2015 | Press Release
DirectEmployers to enable sitecues by Ai Squared zoom and speech functionality to its disability-focused sites to provide more support to job search candidates with impairments, while also giving recruiters access to a larger pool of potential applicants....
