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7 Reasons to Hire People with Developmental Disabilities

Thrive Global

While 15% of people with developmental disabilities (DD) are employed, 40% would like a job. Matthew Gonnering, CEO of Widen has hired 5% of his workforce from persons with developmental disabilities and has become a strong advocate for organizations to do so. He was a young man with Downs Syndrome.

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Bridging the Skills Gap

MapHR

52 percent of HR professionals, according to their Skills Gap Survey, said the skills gap has worsened or greatly worsened in the past two years. million people looking for work which means we literally have more jobs than we have people able to fill them,” SHRM president and CEO Johnny C. That’s not all. Click here. Taylor, Jr.