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Support employment for people with disabilities: 5 inclusive hiring tips

Insperity

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , the unemployment rate for persons with a disability was 8 percent in 2018, more than twice the rate of those with no disability. Building an inclusive workforce means being open-minded to the diverse population of people with disabilities. Defining disabilities. Change your language.

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Can HR really fix organisations’ diversity problems?

cipHR

It’s time for a new approach to improve workplace diversity and inclusion – one focused on changing the environment in order to “de-weaponise the cultures that we oversee,” argued John Amaechi, a former NBA basketball player turned organisational psychologist, at the CIPD Festival of Work 2020. It all starts with hiring.

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How Stacy Bernal Is Shaking Up How We Talk About Diversity

Thrive Global

More than anything, I’d love to see diverse representation starting within my local community and extending to businesses and organizations nationwide. Stacy is an outspoken advocate for diversity, an author, and a speaker coach at See Stacy Speak LLC. Especially as a speaker, it’s very much a male-dominated space.

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Episode 400: Manager Training With Cornelia Gamlem and Barbara Mitchell, Authors of The Big Book of HR

Workology

These are two of the courses that we offer for HR Certification prep and re-certification for human resources leaders. In 2018, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics found that companies with fewer than 100 employees gave only 12 minutes of manager training every six months. And this comes from HR Professionals magazine.

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Dr. Marc Wagener of LabCampus: “Diversity”

Thrive Global

Diversity: People’s needs are as diverse as they are, and although diversity and equality help to create a creative environment, this has not yet been sufficiently taken into account in the working environment. My vita is marked by many diverse stations, fields of activity and industries. Where do you come from?

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Kimberly Kayler of Advancing Organizational Excellence: “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”

Thrive Global

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Recently selected as one of the most influential people in the concrete construction industry by Concrete Construction magazine, Kimberly is Co-Founder of the Women in Concrete Alliance (WICA) and leads efforts to create networking programs for women in the concrete industry. Okay, wonderful.

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7 Great Anti-Racism Educators Your HR Department Should Work With

Fond

With a hugely successful social media following of over 315,000 followers, in 2018 Rachel was able to raise a quarter of a million dollars to support Black women and girls to be able to successfully gain access to mental health care services. Photo by Sarah McKay, courtesy of the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. Ijeoma Oluo.