Recruiting
Tips
Here in
Rhode
Island,
employers
can
successfully
recruit
applicants
with
disabilities
through
job
announcements,
advertisements,
and
other
recruitment
notices.*
You can
also
obtain
help in
reaching
this
talent
pool
from
rehabilitation,
independent
living,
social
service,
and
education
agencies
who know
Rhode
Islanders
with
disabilities
in
careers
that
could
coincide
with
your
business
needs.
When
reviewing
each
agency's
services,
ask
these
questions:
-
Does
the
agency
evaluate
its
clients'
work
potential?
If
so,
how?
-
Does
the
agency
provide
skills
training?
If
so,
what
type?
-
Are
there
additional
incentives
for
hiring
the
people
the
agency
represents
(e.g.,
tax
credits
or
training
grants)?
If
so,
how
do
these
work?
-
Does
the
agency
provide
on-the-job
training?
Coaching?
Follow-up?
-
Does
the
agency
offer
"awareness"
training
for
supervisors
and
managers?
Ask
the
agency
about
its
placement
record,
including
placements
in
specific
jobs,
retention
rates,
etc.
-
Do
the
agency's
representatives
seem
to
understand
my
needs
as
an
employer?
Once a
relationship
is
established
with one
agency,
you will
find
that
other
agencies
with
similar
services
will
contact
you.
Just one
successful
placement
will
open
other
avenues
of
opportunity.
For more
information
about
local
applicants
with
disabilities,
we
encourage
you to
visit
the
following
websites:
Office
of
Rehabilitative
Services
-
NetworkRI
(*
Include
information
on the
essential
functions
of the
job.
Employers
may
indicate
in job
notices
that
they do
not
discriminate
on the
basis of
disability.
Employers
should
also
make all
information
about
job
openings
accessible
to
people
with
different
disabilities.
For
example,
to
access
people
with
visual
or other
reading
disabilities,
make job
information
available
in
Braille,
large
print,
audiotape,
and
computer
disk.
Get a
TTY
(Text
Telephone)
and list
its
number
on all
your
recruiting
notices
- doing
so says
your
company
is
sensitive
to the
needs of
people
with
disabilities.)
