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GETTING PAST THE H.R. GATEKEEPERS: Employment Application
Strategies and Tactics For Persons Having Disabilities As
Practiced By A Barbarian.
Rycharde P. Martindale-Essington
Copyright © 2000-2001 by the author, all rights
reserved.
INTRODUCTION
Continuing the dialogue started last year involving the
under-employment of Persons having disabilities despite a booming
economy, Rycharde P. Martindale-Essington returns with a
presentation of survey results concerning strategies and tactics
that a person with a disability can use to further secure a
perspective job interview. Some of the largest barriers to
employment include getting a foot in the doorway of the Human
Resources selection process. For example, some persons believe
that they must disclose that they have a disability when
completing an employment application and cover letter so as to
not "frighten" away a potential employer; others do not disclose
their disability until the day of the interview believing that
anonymity will safeguard an open door to that "interview." Which
approach is correct? Come and joust with these and other topics
and learn how to plan an attack, storm the barricades and breach
the walls of the Employment citadel in what is hoped to be a
lively yet informative discussion.
Through comments derived from interviews with Human Resources
personnel, studies from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human
Services and Labor on the continued status of working disabled
employees, and from personal experience, the presenter hopes to
share what he has learned with the audience and come away with a
consensus that will assist job seekers having disabilities.
Employment Services professionals and all interested others are
welcome. Come and join the dialogue.
Rycharde Martindale-Essington has expertise in the areas of
Assistive Technology application, employment placement and
retention, and the ADA where it pertains to reasonable
accommodation and employer/employee relations. He possesses a
strong systems advocacy background having worked within the
southern California Independent Living Movement. He has served on
national and regional organizations, boards and committees
emphasizing the integration of the disabled into everyday
society.
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