Webinar presented by the DiverseAbility Committee of DuPage and Kane Counties
Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month with the DiverseAbility Committee serving Kane and DuPage counties. Join us for a complimentary webinar “Creating Inclusion in Your Workplace” with other businesses and employers.
The presentation is designed for HR, hiring managers, business owners, and employers who are interested in increasing diverseability in their workforce. A one-hour CEU is available to participants upon completion of the webinar.
Gain an understanding of the benefits of hiring a person with a disability and dispelling the fear and stigma of hiring individuals with a disability.
Participating committee of Association for Individual Development (AID), Division of Rehabilitation Services (State VR), Donka, Inc., Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), Parents Alliance Employment Project, and Waubonsee Community College, offers employers a range of free resources and guidance to hiring people with disabilities that includes but not limited to adults, veterans, and youth.
Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 1p.m.
Keynote Speakers
Kevin McCloskey
Kevin works directly with employers on developing programs to actively attract, hire and retain talent with disabilities, which includes Pepsi Beverages’ Pepsi ACT – Achieving Change Together disability initiative. Kevin trains employers to educate them on the benefits of hiring talent with disabilities and provides tools to help them best engage and support potential and current employees. He is also responsible for developing and managing relationships with talent partners to meet the hiring needs of Disability Solutions’ employer clients.
Keith Meadows
Keith draws on the success he experienced as an employer in meeting his workforce talent needs by engaging job seekers with a disability, including veterans with service-related disabilities to deliver strategic, outcomes based solutions to his clients.
