The chief diversity/inclusion officer suggests that Dell is 'strategically' choosing convicts and the autism-spectrum folks over everyone else. Perhaps we acknowledge that this was a necessity for Dell, and not a choice. Just as they will choose to tap into the 'everyone else' pool once it gets cheaper to do so.
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Dear Kate, one word of advice for you: Run! Dell will drop you like a hot potato once market conditions change.
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Nice to see that large corporations are doing the right thing, but too bad that it takes "necessity" for them to act. I have observed that the majority of people with disabilities are great employees and hopefully employers will realize that it is good business policy to make this permanent.
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Tie in to Amazon article. If they are sub contractors, they are the first to go. That is the way of Corporate America.
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These willing and qualified workers have always been here -- companies just choose to discriminate against them until their bottom-line productivity is affected. The next recession will bring more staff cuts, followed by robots on the upswing. This article is laughable, and not in a good way.
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Unfortunately, ageism is still rampant.
Try to get a professional job after age 55 that is not a greeter at Walmart or kiosk food person at Costco.
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I'm in that boat right now. Can't get a job and have been trying for 3 years. I can't even get a receptionist position...
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Gotta be in the skills categories in demand.
I had several different jobs well past 55 & though
retired, still get recruiter emails and calls fairly regular.
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Try doing it anywhere remotely close to the Bay Area or, heaven help you, Silicon Valley. Friends have moved to different states (mostly in the "heartland" to land good jobs and live in communities where being over 37 and having 20-30 years of experience is not only not a barrier, but is still respected and valued.
Then again, what else would one expect from the children of the generation that warned not to trust anyone over 30 and those of the "Me Generation"?
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Disability not a barrier? Wait until you ask for a reasonable accommodation that will cost the employer some money--like a sign language interpreter. Then see how long the job lasts..... Employers hate ADA, and after 35 years of professional teaching I have never once had an employer say to my request for an interpreter: "Sure, no problem." Instead, there is always a problem of some kind.
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@Muddlerminnow
"Reasonable"
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@Muddlerminnow
Even if a person who is deaf or hard of hearing works in special education in a public school, that teacher has a difficult time getting an interpreter for meetings. It would be laughable if it weren’t true.
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@ Muddlerminnow this is a challenge. The cost of a sign language interpreter is between $100 to $145 per hour, most likely prohibitive for many businesses and more than the salary of the employee. How do you suggest an
employer pay over $200,000 a year for a sign language interpreter for one full-time employee?
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I work in the restaurant industry. I’ve always worked very part time while raising my children. Now as an empty nester, I’ve recently found myself in a management position helping to open new fast casual restaurants in the rapidly expanding suburban Atlanta region. It found me, as they say.
The hospitality industry is desperate for both front and back of house employees. We are hiring people with zero previous restaurant experience if they have the drive and outgoing personality to succeed. I’ve recently hired more women like myself. Women whose kids are out of the house and they are left with new found free time and are feeling like ‘now what?’
No experience? That’s ok. We can teach skill sets. We can’t teach that ‘people person’ factor our business needs in this ultra competitive market.
I hope all industries find that hiring out of their comfort zone can be beneficial to both sides. Will it last? Maybe not, but hopefully it opens some hiring managers eyes to the fact that a college degree or picture perfect resume, aren’t always what ads up to the ideal new hire.
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