TALENT VALUE
Strengthen your workforce and broaden your market reach by hiring talent in the disability community.
Employers are struggling to find qualified employees, with 45% globally indicating they can't find the talent they need, up from 40% in 2017 and the highest in over a decade (Source: ManpowerGroup's 2018 Talent Short Survey). As baby boomers retire, a systematic outreach to the disability community and to veterans with service related disabilities, can help your company meet federal and state compliance requirements while supporting key workforce objectives including profitability, engagement, productivity, diversity, inclusion, turnover, retention and morale.
1 in 4
People in the U.S. have
a disability
20 Million
Households in the U.S. have at least one family member with a disability
87%
Of the public would rather do business with companies that hire people with disabilities
$645 Billion
Is the annual spending power of people with disabilities in the U.S.
This is the next frontier from both a brand and workforce prospective. Ensuring that people with disabilities see themselves and their needs reflected in our products and the services we offer is important. It's important to our customers, as well as to our workforce."
L. Kevin Cox, Chief Human Resource Officer, American Express
Workforce Value: Outcomes our Clients have Realized
Retention by Industry
77%
Warehouse
95%
Call Center / Sales
87%
Technical
Roles
14% Average
higher retention
53% Increase
in voluntary
self-disclosures