Session Code: Spotlight 1
When: March 11, 2020
Location/Room: Spotlight Stage
Presenters: Peter McDermott, MDI Inc. | Kristie Armbruster, MDI, Inc.
If people with disabilities are not a part of your workforce solution in 2020, you are missing out! People with disabilities will enrich and enhance your workforce. The “Unified Work” Successful Employment Model was developed by Unified Work members to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. We will lay out the business case for why people with disabilities are an untapped and value-added solution to your workforce needs. We will discuss a high-level perspective of what to consider when implementing a process to hire more people with disabilities.
We will share dramatic statistics regarding the employment rate of people with disabilities, a few success stories, as well as challenges we know some employers have faced, and possible solutions to those challenges.