New Employer Initiative Launched by SSA and CESSI

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New Employer Initiative Launched by SSA and CESSI

If a local employer is committed to hiring qualified workers with disabilities, it may choose:
(1) to Turn "Diversity into Dollars" by becoming an approved Employment Network (EN) of the Social Security Administration (SSA) - OR -
(2) register as an Employer Partner to promote their organization as a disability-friendly employer on our website, where jobseekers will be referred to the employer's job opportunities.
Or, it can choose to participate in both types of partnerships.

Local employers, and employer associations - such as Chamber of Commerce and Business Leadership Networks - can be invited to join SSA as an Employer Partner to highlight their business as disability-friendly employer to gain exposure to thousands of qualified applicants with disabilities. If the employer has a demonstrated commitment to hiring people with disabilities and meets the Employer Partner criteria, they can post a company logo with a link to their job postings' webpage directly from the CESSI Ticket to Work website. The partnership requirements employers need to meet are outlined at www.cessi.net/ttw/employer/index.html.

Thousands of jobseekers, and service provider agencies/job coaches/employment specialists, will have direct access to their jobs. This opportunity will advertise and promote local employers to competitive and qualified jobseekers with disabilities. Although a new initiative, the Employer Partner project is gaining popularity. We are proud to announce that the following business partners have joined Ticket to Work as an Employer Partner: Alumwire, Axiom, Harris, Lockheed Martin, Terremark, and Walgreen.

Please help inform employers in your community of the critical need for them to include people with disabilities in their diversity outreach programs. Being involved in the Ticket to Work program as an Employment Network or as part of the Employer Partner initiative will help create a new pipeline of candidates.

For more information: http://www.ssa.gov/work/documents/SSA-6 ... 0Sheet.pdf or please contact Susan Samuels, CESSI's Ticket to Work Employer Specialist, at: ssamuels@cessi.net, or 703-448-6155 x235.