Why should employers consider hiring people with disabilities to fill vacant positions?
1. People with disabilities represent a significant, and largely overlooked, pool of potential applicants who repeatedly get high marks from managers on job-related issues. About two thirds of the 29 million working age adults with disabilities in the U.S. are unemployed; nearly 80 percent of them would like to work but don’t have the opportunity. Employers prepared to work effectively with this important source of workers will not only be better able to meet their legal obligations, but will have a competitive advantage in recruiting and retaining the most qualified work force possible.
