HR Professional - December/January 2008 - (Page 17)

UPFRONT DIVERSITY | Recruiting The talent potential among Ontario’s persons with disabilities is huge, yet many employers still cling to some common stereotypes, according to Jane Enright of the Job Opportunity Information Network (JOIN)— Toronto Region. “The No. 1 myth is that they’re not as skilled or qualiﬁed,” says Enright. “Obviously this is false—persons with disabilities cut across all skill and education levels. The second misconception is the cost of accommodating persons with disabilities. In most cases, this is also false, with research showing accommodating workers with disabilities is often minimal and sometimes free. For example, in working with a deaf person, accommodating them may be as simple as speaking directly to them or writing down instructions,” she says. J O I N F I N D S TA L E N T F R O M OV E R L O OK E D S OU R C E JOIN is an initiative of community agencies that provides employment services for people living with disabilities, as well as services for employers to recruit qualiﬁed candidates. Since January 2008, the organization has placed 1,157 people and “that includes everything from entry level to highly skilled positions. We have an employer network—a group of recruitment professionals from all of our 24 agencies that work together to share job leads. It helps the employer because they ﬁll jobs more quickly. If you’ve got a job, we farm it out to our member agencies and we’ve got over 1,000 people at any given time looking for employment,” says Enright. For more information, go to www.joininfo.ca. D E S R I N E W R I G H T, A KITCHEN HELPER IN THE R O YA L O N TA R I O M U S E U M ’ S F O O D S T U D I O , WA S P L A C E D BY JOIN AND THE CANADIAN H E A R I N G S O C I E T Y. Leading Service Sector Lost-Time Injuries Injury # 5 Caught in Equipment Getting caught in equipment accounted for more than 681 Lost-Time Injuries in the Ontario Service sector in 2006… The total cost to industry was more than $1,561,071. The potential direct cost to your business from a single injury was $2,292. That’s money out of your pocket. We can help. Visit www.ossa.com/safetytips.cfm for a wide range of FREE yp downloadable safety check sheets and other resources that can help you build prevention and learn how to safeguard your employees against equipment hazards. Ontario Service Safety Alliance 1-888-478-6772 www.ossa.com w w365722_OntService.indd om w.H RThought L ea der. c 1 D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 8 / J a n u a r y 1/15/08 17 2 0 0 9 11:37:59 AM http://www.joininfo.ca http://www.ossa.com http://www.HRThoughtLeader.com

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HR Professional - December/January 2008 Contents Editor's Letter Contributors Leadership Matters Upfront Legal Compensation Human Capital Talent Management The R-Word Speak No Evil On Message Strategy HR 101 Interview with Donna Wilson Off the Shelf The Last Word

HR Professional - December/January 2008

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