This work covers securing satisfying jobs for people with disabilities by fostering partnerships between employment specialists and businesses. It helps readers to: understand the theoretical framework for improving career development practices through relationship building; understand what employers want and expect from employment service providers; learn about the building blocks of strong partnerships with employers; find practical guidelines for getting to know both job seekers and employers, marketing proactively to businesses, matching job seeker characteristics with employer needs; consider the possibility of non-traditional employment through customized job consultation; and explore specific ways to make employment service programmes more customer-oriented and understandable to employers.
ISBN: | 9781557667090 |
Publication date: | 31st March 2004 |
Author: | Richard G Luecking, Ellen S Fabian, George Tilson, Mark Donovan |
Publisher: | Paul H. Brookes Publishing an imprint of Brookes Publishing Co. |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 275 pages |
Genres: |
Social discrimination and social justice Disability: social aspects Sociology: work and labour |