9th ANNUAL CINCO CAREER EXPO CANCELED
9th ANNUAL CINCO CAREER EXPO FOCUSED ON HIRING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER EMPLOYMENT BARRIERS
ARS - Asian Rehabilitation Services Takes Leadership Role
October 7 , 2006 - LOS ANGELES – The 9th Annual Cinco de Mayo Career Expo will be held on May 3, 2006, presented by Asian Rehabilitiation Services - ARS in partnership with The California Department of Rehabilitationand the Diversity Employment Source Project at the Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood. The Expo, a free event that is open to the general public, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and provides prospective employment opportunities for people with disabilities and at-risk youths and adults.
Employers will accept applications, interview prospective employees and hire onsite. As in years past, the focus will be on hiring individuals who face barriers to employment.
The event will begin with a Business Network Breakfast at 8 a.m.
with business leaders, local officials and community residents, and
will showcase state of the art technology to assist individuals with
disabilities to adapt to various workplace environments. More than 4,000 people are expected to attend the Expo, which will
also have 100 businesses, corporations and organizations presenting
opportunities.
About
DES
DES
is a consortium of government, non-profit and private sector organizations,
who work collectively to educate, inform and empower businesses to
tap into a qualified applicant pool representative of all aspects
of diversity. DES developed innovative programs to assist people with
disabilities to build careers, and assist the businesses who hire
them. These programs include: ¨
Fast
Track Job Order:
To save you money on expensive ads, headhunters or other for profit
avenues, DES created a form you may fax or email your job description
to us on. Your job order will be emailed out per your instructions
for follow-up to our databank of qualified job seekers.
(Click Here for Form) ¨
Positive/Directed
Recruitments: DES
will assist you to meet your hiring needs by providing a pool of pre-screened
candidates who meet your skill requirements at one of our sites, and
or your place of business.
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Diversity
Career Expos:
Every year on the first Thursday in May, DES hosts its
Annual Cinco de
Mayo Career Expo – “The nation’s largest diversity expo” per AAPD.
This annual event is targeted to employ qualified candidates with
disabilities. The CINCO Career Expo has attracted over 4000 job seekers and 100 business
participants. Register: ( Printable
/ Online ) ¨
Seminars: On HR issues at no cost so that you don’t have to pay an accounting
firm or other agency for these valuable resources: high quality at
no cost. ¨
Windmills
(Sensitivity Training):
To help your staff feel comfortable working with people with disabilities.
There are several interactive experiential modules to choose from.
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Quarterly
Newsletter: To
assist you to stay current on disability issues, upcoming events,
success stories, and obtain tips/resources from the “Dear Deb” column.
Grace Burque, one of the founders of Diversity
Employment Source says, “Disability is a civil rights issue. Separate
but equal is never equal. People with disabilities are able to work,
want to work and DES is here to provide business with the resources
and information they need to hire qualified candidates. And in the
process improve their bottom line.”
DES is doing its part to contributing to a strong economy. DES provides a vehicle for businesses to post jobs at no cost, allowing them to avoid sites with exorbitant fees. Many DES applicants meet your company's desire to be ethnically and gender diverse. Beyond usual "diversity", our pool includes applicants with disabilities (the largest untapped minority group). People with disabilities are an overlooked candidate pool, not because they can’t work but because of fears employers have about hiring them. Thirteen years after the Americans with Disabilities Act took effect, only one-third of individuals with Disabilities in America are employed even though more than two-thirds of unemployed people with disabilities say they would like to work. We must turn this untapped pool into an ocean of opportunity. The job turnover rate for people with disabilities is 20%, compared to a 150% turnover rate in non-disabled employees. After Carolina Fine Snacks in Greensboro, NC, started hiring people with disabilities, absenteeism dropped from 20% to less than 5%; and tardiness dropped from 30% of staff to zero. Accommodations for workers with disabilities are not as costly as many businesses believe. The majority of people with disabilities (70%) don't need any special equipment or accommodation to perform their job. According to the Job Accommodation Network, the average accommodation costs $50 and the majority (75%) cost nothing. The cost of accommodating qualified workers with disabilities is forty times less than the cost of training and replacing workers.
For
additional information on DES,
please contact Grace Burque
CA Department of Rehabiiltation,
gburque@dor.ca.gov
(323) 720-4082
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