Recruiting and retaining the best from America's largest untapped talent pool

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Green, J. Howard | Brooke, Valerie

Affiliations: Virginia Commonwealth University, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports, Richmond, VA 23284, USA

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Abstract: This article examines the need for identifying the business reasons for including people with disabilities in the workplace. Attitudes of businesses will be addressed, as well as strategies for bringing about a reduction in the unemployment of people with disabilities. The authors will discuss suggestions made by Human Resource personnel, as well as first line managers regarding issues of recruiting, hiring, accommodating, and promoting people with disabilities.

Keywords: diversity, disability, workplace supports

Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 83-88, 2001