Employment
Examples of
How We Can Help You
In Canada, the unemployment
rate for people with disabilities is said to range
from 50% to 80%. Sadly, many people with disabilities
who can and want to work have to face a work life
that brings them a lack of sustainable income because
of underemployment, unemployment, short-term employment
(contract work), and part time employment (for those
who wanted full time).
In addition, another interesting
Canadian statistic found that for every 10 jobs
that the average able-bodied person applies to,
they get 1 interview. However, job seekers with
disabilities would have to apply to 100 in order
to get even 1 interview.
One would assume that such high
unemployment is attributable to lack of skills,
training, and experience. In many cases this is
true, however, joining the ranks of job seekers
with disabilities is a growing number of skilled
and experienced professionals and trades people
with disabilities who are finding it difficult to
find sustainable employability - including those
in careers that are suppose to be facing skill shortages.
Misconceptions,
prejudice, and fear of the unknown from employers
may be the greatest barrier facing people with disabilities
in finding sustainable, rewarding employment in
the long term.
Examples
of How We Can Help You
Compass Diversity provides
training and support for: hiring staff; organizations
working with staff with disabilities; and workers
with disabilities. We can provide information in
a variety of formats that are most suitable to your
environment.
We can help
you in such ways as:
-
supporting
equal opportunities in the workplace
-
accommodating
workers with disabilities
-
promoting a healthy, safe
and accessible work environment
-
facilitating
and supporting:
-
hiring
activities that will attract more qualified
job seekers with disabilities
-
job retention, back-to-work,
and advancement opportunity activities that
will improve career prospects for people
with disabilities
-
addressing
attitudinal, social and perceptual challenges
