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The Evanston and Bridger Valley Business Leadership Network (EBV-BLN) is an employer-led coalition dedicated to promoting opportunities that benefit Uinta County employers and people with disabilities. The EBV-BLN provides training and support to employers to assist with tapping into this valuable emerging market of new employees and customers. |
Recognizing outstanding employers for their contributions toward hiring individuals with disAbilities, and celebrating individuals who have overcome barriers to succeed in the workplace
If you know of an employer who has excelled in promoting employment opportunities for persons with disabilities, provides work experience and mentoring opportunities and has implemented creative accommodation solutions and/or an individual with a disability that has overcome challenges to become successful in the workplace, is inspiring to others, and deserves recognition, please nominate them for the ‘National DisAbility Employment Awareness Month’ 2010 Business Leadership Network Symon Awards.
- 54 million Americans are people with disabilities
- 65% of Americans with disabilities are unemployed or under-employed
- Businesses are challenged by chronic labor shortages
- People with disabilities represent the largest pool of untapped labor
- Customers with disabilities control discretionary income of nearly $200 billion (twice the teen market)
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