An Employer’s Most Valuable Asset: Its Employees
It’s a basic fact of business: a firm’s ability to meet its business objectives largely depends on the quality of its workforce. Success or failure often hinges on an employer’s ability to hire, train and keep productive and dependable employees.
During times of sustained economic growth, metropolitan areas experience very low unemployment rates. As a result the traditional pool of available workers shrinks significantly, meaning employers find it increasingly difficult to find qualified workers.
A “Hidden Pool” of Qualified Workers
In order to meet business objectives and compete effectively, dynamic companies are adapting hiring strategies that include tapping into the “hidden pool” of available workers -- persons with disabilities.
The U.S. Department of Labor reports that workers with disabilities are the most unemployed and underemployed of any minority in America. Nationally, about 50% of working-age people with disabilities have jobs and employment of those with severe disabilities is only 26%. While there has been a steady increase in employment of persons with disabilities since the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act became went into effect, this group still lags far behind the employment rate for working-age people with no disabilities.
What this means for employers is that there’s an untapped pool, overflowing with talented and motivated workers eager to find jobs.
Find qualified workers