Affiliations: Department of Business Administration, Hong Kong
Institute of Vocational Education (Haking Wong), Hong Kong | Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Sing-fai Tam, Ph.D., Department of
Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom,
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Tel.: +852 2766 6712; Fax: +852 2330 8656; E-mail:
rsalan@polyu.edu.hk
Abstract: The purpose of this project was to develop and pilot a web-based job
placement information network aiming at enhancing the work trial and job
placement opportunities of people with disabilities (PWD). Efficient uses of
information technology in vocational rehabilitation were suggested to help
improve PWD employment opportunities and thus enable them to contribute as
responsible citizens to the society. In this preliminary study, a web-based
employer network was so developed to explore Hong Kong employers' needs and
intentions in employing PWD. The results indicated that Hong Kong employers
generally agreed to arrange work trials for PWD whose work abilities match job
requirements. They also expressed that they would offer permanent job
placements to those PWD who showed satisfactory performance in work trials. The
present study evidenced that using an information network could expedite
communications between employers and job placement services, and thus job
placement service outcomes. It is hoped that a job placement databank could
thus be developed through accumulating responses from potential employers.
Keywords: Information network, job placement, employers, people with disabilities
