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Look for These Four Essential Skills in Your Job Candidates
By Jim Hasse I’ve been both a job seeker and a hiring manager during the last four decades in the mainstream job market. And, since birth, I’ve had cerebral palsy, which means I walk and talk with difficulty. With that rather unusual background, I’ve found that there...
A Place for All: A Guide to Creating an Inclusive Workplace
While the resource below was produced by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the content is directly relevant to compliance with the Employment Standard under the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation... The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) encourages...
Growth Through Accessibility – Webinar
Did you know in less than 3 months, every organization in Ontario with one or more employees must be compliant with the Customer Service Standard of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) by January 1, 2012? CME and ProFitness advisors group are...
Staeger-Wilson: Disability community has much to offer
When exploring how diversity positively impacts our economic development we also need to include the disability community. Approximately one in five Americans has a disability; one in 10 has a severe disability. We are the largest historically excluded group that...
Wells Fargo to Pay $16 Million to End Disabilities Claims
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), the biggest U.S. home lender, agreed to pay as much as $16 million to resolve claims that the bank wouldn’t do business with deaf and hearing-impaired people using a telecommunications relay service, the Justice Department said. Hearing...
4 General Types of Barriers
Physical Barriers Exist in a structural environment that interferes with or impedes a person with a physical disability from accessing a particular location or service. Communication Barriers Exist when an individual is unable to access...