The U.S. organization Enable America has launched a jobs board. Read more
U.S. Govt Lists Resources for New Disabilities, Veterans Guidelines
If you’re following the action on the new disabilities and veterans hiring guidelines in the U.S., there’s a new site that may help a bit. This … Read more
Final Rule on Disabilities Released in U.S.
That U.S. government proposal about disabilities hiring ERE was the first publication to unveil two years ago is now out in its final form. Read more
The Many Perils of Interview Handshakes — and Why They Cause You to Lose Top Candidates
You’ve probably had it happen to you at the start of an interview. You extend your hand and in return you get a wimpy handshake, a “fist-bump” substitute, … Read more
A Manager Toolkit for Hiring and Employing People With Disabilities
If you opened that PDF where big companies were sharing their practices in hiring and employing people with disabilities, you saw a reference to a … Read more
A Best Practices on Disability-Hiring Workbook
There are some not-terribly-new ideas in a new 24-page PDF about disabilities. But, there are some good nuggets in the workbook, too, so it’s worth a … Read more
SAP Working With Danish Firm to Hire People With Autism
I’ve talked before about efforts to employ people with Asperger’s. But perhaps no Autism-related effort will be bigger than one announced today … Read more
EEOC’s New Guidance Tackles Cancer, Epilepsy, Diabetes, and Intellectual Disabilities
The U.S. EEOC has some new documents out that help when recruiting and selecting people with disabilities. The info covers cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, and … Read more
U.S. Govt’s Message: Don’t Let Disabilities Quash Your Career Goals
The U.S. Labor Department is launching a media campaign to encourage kids who have disabilities to not give up on their career aspirations. The government … Read more
Career Fair’s Target: Veterans With Disabilities
There’ve been events focused on veteran hiring, and those aimed at hiring people with disabilities — but one upcoming, one of the first of its … Read more
New Site Gathers Up Materials on Flexible Workplaces
A new “toolkit” from the Department of Labor in the United States collates case studies, websites, links, white papers, and more, on the topic … Read more
Award-winning Tools for Hiring People With Disabilities
A quick update on some of those disabilities-related grants we mentioned over the summer: three winners have been announced, all related to helping the … Read more
EEOC Hitting the Road for Disabilities Training
The U.S. EEOC is holding training programs to explain disabilities rules better. The one-day workshops in September will be in Seattle, Los Angeles, … Read more
U.S. Government Offering Grants for Disability Programs
The U.S. Labor Department has a number of new grants it’s soliciting related to the employment of people with disabilities. Included are: $1.1 … Read more
22 Years of the ADA Has Brought Some, But Not Enough, Changes
Today is the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act for the 57 million people with a disability living in America — … Read more
What the Blind Experience on Job Sites
As online recruiting sites get more complex, they can get harder to read for people who can’t see, as well as others who use “screen … Read more
Part Your Hair on the Right — We Have a Roundup
Stress, hair parts, offer rejections, Groupon’s job seekers, background checking, and disabilities — we weigh in on all of them in … Read more
Under New Proposed Rule, Contractors Would Need to Boost Hiring of People With Disabilities
For those suffering from insomnia now around 2 a.m. Eastern, we’ve dug through a U.S. government website to find a 172-page document that may help … Read more
Raising Awareness Is Goal of Disabled Worker Month
Falguni Chitalia, a native of India, speaks three languages and holds a degree from Rutgers. She also has cerebral palsy that has affected her speech and … Read more
At This Chicago Employer, Asperger’s Syndrome Is a Job Requirement
It has been tried in Denmark and now near Chicago: hiring and training people with Asperger’s — a form of autism — to work on … Read more