| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 252 pages) |
| Note |
"Lighthouse International." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"An inspiring, practical guide for incorporating disability into any organization's diversity program."--Resource description page. |
| Contents |
Foreword: Roads More Easily Traveled -- Preface: An Opportunity-Not a Responsibility -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Gain a Better Awareness of Disability -- How Inclusive Recruiting Will Help You Prepare for Coming Changes in the Employment Landscape -- Why Your Diversity Initiative Needs to Include Disability -- How to Choose the Right Disability Awareness Trainer for Your Company -- The Right to Self-Determination for Individuals with a Disability in Today's Workplace -- How Individuals with a Disability Define Inclusion -- The Role of Maturity and Self-Esteem in an Individual's Approach to Disability -- How Learning to Live Well with a Disability Can Have an Upside -- Chapter 2: Foster a Company Culture That Is Receptive to Disability -- Put Your Diversity Values into Practice -- Create a Work Environment That Values Diversity -- Workplace Interdependence Makes Disability Irrelevant -- Bridge Builders Can Be Valuable to Your Corporate Culture -- Job Seekers with a Disability Can Add Elasticity to Your Workforce -- How You'll Know Your Inclusion Efforts Are Working -- Chapter 3: Make Your Recruiting Efforts Disability Inclusive -- Frequently Asked Questions About Hiring Employees with Disabilities -- What You as an Employer Need to Know About Current Interpretations of the ADA -- Considering Volunteer Experience May Be Essential in Fully Evaluating a Job Candidate -- Not All Volunteer Work Is the Same When Evaluating a Job Candidate -- How to Locate Job Candidates with Disabilities on the Local Level -- Using Job Fairs to Recruit Candidates with a Disability -- Locating Job Candidates with Disabilities Online -- Recruiting Qualified Job Candidates with Disabilities on College Campuses -- How to Make Your Screening Process Inclusive -- Four Barriers Job Candidates with a Disability Encounter When They Interview for a Job -- Chapter 4: Identify Job Candidates Who Will Thrive in Your Corporate Culture -- Job Candidates Who Approach Employment from an Entrepreneurial Perspective -- Job Seekers Who Are Successfully Operating Small Businesses -- People Who Have Moved Beyond Self-Absorption to Become Fully Engaged Members of Society -- Individuals Who Take Personal Responsibility When They Become"Easy Marks" While at Work -- How to Identify Individuals with Emotional Intelligence -- Job Candidates Who Can Gracefully Accept and Decline Help -- Individuals Who Can Carry Their Load as Members of Your Team -- Job Seekers Who Possess the Authenticity Valued in the Business World -- Targeting Candidates Who Are Willing to Take Reasonable Risks -- Chapter 5: Approach People Management from a Disability Perspective -- How Self-Esteem Affects Workplace Performance and Behavior -- Avoiding Paternalism in the Workplace -- Assigning a Mentor for Your Newly Hired Employee with a Disability -- Using Your Leadership to Help an Employee with a Disability Grow in His Job -- Removing Intentional and Unintentional Barriers to Achievement for Employees with a Disability -- Adaptive Technology Is Making Major Forms of Disability Irrelevant in the Workplace -- FAQ: Guidelines on Reasonable Accommodations for Employees with Disabilities Under the ADA -- Accommodations for Adaptive Technology: Who Should Pay for What Under What Circumstances -- When a Worker with a Disability Tries to Put One Over on You -- FAQ: Guidelines on Confidentiality for Employees with Disabilities Under the ADA -- How to Prevent a Disability Discrimination Lawsuit -- Curtis Bryan and Rand |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Employment -- United States.
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Employees -- Recruiting -- United States.
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Corporate culture -- United States.
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Personnes handicapées -- Travail -- États-Unis. |
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Personnel -- Recrutement -- États-Unis. |
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Culture organisationnelle -- États-Unis. |
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Corporate culture |
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Employees -- Recruiting |
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People with disabilities -- Employment |
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United States |
| Added Author |
Hasse, Jim.
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Lighthouse International.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Perfectly able. New York : American Management Association, ©2011 9780814415641 (DLC) 2010014281 (OCoLC)610465801 |
| ISBN |
9780814415658 (electronic bk.) |
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0814415652 (electronic bk.) |
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