Zen & The Art Of Recruiting: Leveraging The Disabled Talent Pool

As nAblement managing director and subject matter expert on disability as a strategic factor of diversity in the workforce, Pat Maher has been at the forefront of exploring creative ways of engaging both employers and the disability community to optimize opportunity and value from this chronically overlooked – and misunderstood – segment of the labor force. nAblement is a unique channe...
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George Blomgren is the co-host of "Zen & The Art Of Recruiting." George earned a Bachelor's degree from Beloit College, studied at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, and pursued graduate studies in business and marketing at Cardinal Stritch University. As Recruiting Solutions Director at MRA-The Management Association, George helps MRA members optimize their recruiting practices to effectively...
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Todd Nilson specializes in social media strategy and specializes in employer branding, the hiring process, and candidate experience. He began his career in 1996 as a technology recruiter and spent time as a lead game designer for an online game company. Currently, Todd is an account leader with 7Summits, a social business agency founded in 2009 to help companies engage customers...
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Persons with disabilities represent the single largest portion of the diversity talent pool. It's also one of the least understood and poorly tapped. In this episode, we explore common misconceptions and ways to better recruit disabled candidates, and tackle the widely misunderstood concept of accommodation.
Duration: 29 Minutes

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