"Adapting a job is less expensive than many believe," Montse says Miller, director of the Foundation
Manpower Technicalhuman resources and corporate responsibility of companies are testing how to get around in a wheelchair, eat blindfolded and continue a conversation with earplugs to reduce by 30% hearing. Disabilities experienced by some, perhaps, conclude that those who really suffer are usually occupy many jobs. These skilled technicians participate in a workshop for small groups on Living Diversity. Are placed on the skin of a disability to determine what type of work are denied. To see that there are as many as would have imagined.
The main barriers for companies typically hire people, regardless of physical or mental disabilities (or differences in gender, ethnicity or age ...) are "instinctive, because they look so you can not make the person, rather to see what he can do, "says Monte Miller, director of the Manpower Foundation, which from an agreement of the Department of Employment has been held in Barcelona and Tarragona (soon it will in Girona and Lleida) several days of this type , led small groups of technicians with responsibility for personnel policy.
"You have to look at the abilities of the individual, not the disabilities, "said Miller, satisfied that several of the companies that have attended the conferences have requested advice on recruitment and on the adaptation of the site and workplace environment. "Adapting a job is less expensive than many believe," says Miller. Those attending the workshops can be seen that most of the doors allow passage of a wheelchair ramp or just a little steep for mobility, or the photocopier is half a meter closer to the ground. Also examining curriculum tested "blind", ie without knowing sex, age or physical condition of the person. Then everyone can reflect on whether, knowing these details, choose the best candidate resume.
There are also tax incentives and subsidies for hiring people with disabilities. Still, "some people are inclined not to hire a disabled person for convenience, but not more burdensome out, they think they save a nuisance." Source
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