Some employers may hesitate to hire people with disabilities. They may have questions and concerns about providing accommodations, or may feel unsure how to interact with a person with a disability. Vocational rehabilitation counselors can play a key role in easing potential employers’ questions and concerns.
With correct information and useful resources from vocational rehabilitation professionals, employers can tap into a talent pool that could improve their bottom line. The result? Knowledgeable and successful employers comfortable with a diverse workforce that includes people with disabilities, and people with disabilities who have reached and can maintain their quality employment goals.
In fact, inclusive workplace settings have beneficial outcomes for both employees and employers with disabilities such as higher job satisfaction, more interaction among coworkers, improved productivity, enhanced company morale, improved attendance, and reduced training costs for new employees. (Source: TACQE Factsheet)
TACQE provides expert technical assistance and consultation to vocational rehabilitation agencies, community service providers, and other stakeholders to successfully support employers in recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees with disabilities. We invite you to use the resources below to get started supporting employers.
Recommended Resources from TACQE and Partners
Support employers to recruit, hire, and retain qualified people with disabilities using these resources.
On-Demand Training
- Business Engagement 101: Understanding Your Audience – TACQE U
Learn how to better engage and work with companies to help them successfully employ job seekers with autism and related disabilities. - Strategies to Identify and Support Businesses’ Hiring and Retention of Persons with Disabilities Webinar - TACQE
Better understand the challenges businesses experience in hiring and retaining individuals with disabilities in their workforce and get strategies for using the Disability Inclusion Profiler, an evidence-based tool for either self-assessment by businesses or for consultation by rehabilitation counselors.
Resources
- CSAVR Public Service Announcements - reflects the voice of business and their call to hire individuals with disabilities. It recognizes employers’ desire to reach a largely untapped, qualified labor pool.
- Employing People with Disabilities: ADA Guidance for Employers - TACQE
Get answers to common questions employers may have about the ADA and employing people with disabilities, as well as links to resources and tools for employers who wish to learn more. - Employer Supports: Disability Awareness - TACQE
Get access to a comprehensive guide that provides details on etiquette for recruitment, interviewing, and to use in the workplace. - Disability-Inclusive Workplace Emergency Plans: Tips for Employers - TACQE
Provide employers with information and resources to ensure the safety of all employees, including those with disabilities, in an emergency. - Inclusive Hiring Practices Promoted at the Employer Assistance and Resource Network - TACQE
Discover the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN), a site offering resources to help businesses of all sizes and industries recruit, hire, retain, and advance job seekers with disabilities and develop disability-inclusive workplace cultures. - Employer Hub - TACQE
Resources and information for employers on how to attract, hire, and retain workers with disabilities.
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