Disability/Employment News the Week of June 12,2017


How shameful and misleading Wash. Post reports on disability ...

Media Matters for America (blog)-Disability advocates hammered The Washington Post for its second misleading portrayal of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) ...

Why the world needs more filmmakers with disabilities

PBS NewsHour-Filmmaker Reid Davenport wants people to know that his biggest obstacle isn't living with cerebral palsy, but how others perceive and respond ...

10 Tips For Unlocking The Talent And Potential Of Employees With ...

Forbes-However, a significant opportunity exists for organizations to tap into a large pool of people with disabilities: in 2015, 11% of working-age ...

New Rule May Worsen Backlog For Social Security Disability ...

KCUR-Right now, just about 45 percent of people who apply for Social Security disability benefits are accepted, and getting a hearing takes an ...

Interviewing an Individual with a Visible Disability: From the ...

Lexology (registration)-Under the ADA, an applicant in the interview setting may, but is not obligated to, notify a prospective employer of her disability – unless, ...

IBM and West Virginia University's Center for Disability Inclusion ...

GuruFocus.com-According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 20.4 percent of people with disabilities were employed in March 2017, as opposed to 68.7 ...

Wisconsin becomes a leader in employing people with disabilities

WBAY-Wisconsin becomes a leader in employing people with disabilities ... putting the state on the map as a leader in disability employment.

Bill Updating References to Those With Disabilities Advances

U.S. News & World Report-Bill Updating References to Those With Disabilities Advances ... It also designates October as Disability Employment Awareness Month.

Is your company's website accessible to the disabled? You'd better ...

Los Angeles Times-Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, the ADA banned employment discrimination against the disabled and eliminated ...

 

How to write a cover letter that actually gets read

Metro US-For those on the job hunt, nothing can seem more daunting than writing a coverletter. And while it may seem redundant to those who think their ...

Is It Time To Update Your Resume?

CPAPracticeAdvisor.com-"Resumes should make it easy for a hiring manager to quickly assess whether a candidate has the right qualifications," said Paul McDonald, ...

5 Pieces of Resume Advice Everyone Should Follow

Motley Fool-Consider your resume the trailer for your career. It serves as your introduction to the hiring manager, or the person who will ultimately decide ...

What kind of resume gets you shortlisted for interview?

Economic Times-The resume is the first point of contact between a candidate and an employer and making this first impression a good one is critical in getting ...

The Deadly Resume Mistake Most Job-Seekers Make -- And How ...

Forbes-Dear Liz,. When I can get a job interview, it usually goes well. I got a job offer a month ago but it was too far away from my home and there were ...