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Tool #1: The Benefits of Hiring People with Disabilities

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Welcome to Tool # 1 of the HIRE for TALENT employer toolkit. Learn the facts about the business advantages of hiring people with disabilities and how hiring can improve both productivity and company image.  Tool # 1 will also explore the talent of the untapped labour pool.

Hiring people with disabilities has many business advantages and can improve your productivity. There are no productivity differences between workers with or without a disability.

457 Rural Canadian Employers and Entrepreneurs responded to our survey.

Are you reaching every potential employee? The untapped labour pool provides skilled, knowledgeable staffing solutions to foster innovation and problem solving.

Companies now recognize that they can improve their reputation and public image by including people with disabilities in their workplace.

FREE EMPLOYER TOOLKIT

The toolkit offers a variety of informative tools. Learn about the skills people with disabilities bring to the workplace and use our ‘how-to’ resources, that provide practical tips and strategies on successful recruitment, hiring, inclusion and retention of people with disabilities.

DISABILITY CONFIDENT PARTNERS CAN HELP YOU!

There is help to become an inclusive employer! HIRE for TALENT has a network of organizations offering services and programs designed to help your business recruit, hire, train and retain people with disabilities. After consulting the employer toolkit, call a HIRE for TALENT, Disability Confident PARTNER to find-out what services are available near you!

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By completing this short questionnaire, you can identify the best tools to hire and retain employees with disabilities, as well as increase your company’s performance.

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FACTS & STATS

Employers often find that workers who identify as having disabilities have unique abilities; they also tend to work harder to prove themselves.
According to employers, people with disabilities perform as well or better than other workers. These employers concluded that hiring people with disabilities did not negatively impact their businesses.
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In a national survey of consumer attitudes towards various companies, 92% of the respondents gave favourable ratings to businesses that hire people with disabilities.
98% were satisfied or very satisfied with the service they received when dealing with an employee with a disability.