Every year, Fortune Magazine’s annual “The 100 Best Companies to Work For” list helps job seekers jumpstart their search. The list also sheds light on what companies are looking for in a job candidate. At many firms, it’s clear that diversity is valued, which is good news for job seekers with a disability who can bring unique and competitively relevant skills and experience to the table.
Take Google, which is Fortune’s No. 1 ranked company in 2012. The Mountain View, Calif., technology giant says it wants to hire candidates — large...
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In the workplace, what does the word "disability" evoke?
"Can't work," right? One "goes on" disability.
There is a virtual flood of deeply engrained messages that rise up simply through the power of the word itself. At the least it speaks to inability; at it's worst it suggests horrible, tragic circumstances for which we should feel sympathy — if not outright pity.
This reflexive relationship to the very notion of disability obstructs our ability to clearly assess what a person with a disability is capable of — whether someone is being considere...
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Now there's an even better reason to use the Think Beyond the Label jobs portal. The Department of Labor has proposed a rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to set a hiring goal of 7% for the employment of people with disabilities.
The move would strengthen Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that obligates federal contractors and subcontractors to ensure equal employment opportunities for qualified workers with disabilities. Up until now, there has not been a clearly defined rule in place, though companies that do business with the governm...
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