2011 marked the ten year anniversary of AbilityLinks. To celebrate, we hosted a business leaders breakfast, held two virtual job fairs, welcomed many new sponsors and consortium members, developed a social media presence, launched a new version of our website and this blog.
Through all these channels, we hope to provide improved opportunities for networking between employers and AbilityLinks job candidates, career counseling tips and useful disability and employment information.
Persons with disabilities (PWD) face many challenges each day; tops among them is that we are three times more likely to be unemployed than everyone else. While this is a sobering statistic, there is good reason for hope. Thanks to an increasing business focus on disability inclusion and the rise of the internet and social media, it’s possible to match PWD and employers and share...