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February 22, 2005

Summary for February: Telltale Signs of Inclusion

Thanks to all of you who generated some interesting insights on eSight’s “Swimming in the Mainstream” (SiM) blog about incidents which show you’re at a point where your co-workers are looking beyond your disability and seeing the “real” you.

I believe the incidents you mention illustrate at least six concrete measures for including employees with disabilities that employers can use to benchmark their diversity efforts.

"'Swimming in the Mainstream' Insight: Telltale Signs of Inclusion" details those six inclusion measures.

Here’s another reason to take a look at that new article in eSight’s Employer Resources section: It illustrates three unique benefits you gain by joining the discussion on eSight’s SiM blog.

Benefit one: By sharing your experiences with others on eSight’s SiM blog, you grow personally and help other eSight members find meaningful work.

Benefit two: Through eSight’s online collaboration, you generate insights which can be transformed into resources, such as this week’s featured article, for helping prospective employers expand their perceptions about the potential they can find in job candidates who happen to be disabled.

Benefit three: As an eSight SiM blog participant, you can fully tap the Internet for showcasing your career accomplishments in a network which includes prospective employers in the U.S. as well as across the globe.

Note that this week’s featured article includes links to the offering statements, web sites or resumes of the eSight SiM blog participants it quotes.

To increase an awareness among employers about disability employment issues and facilitate networking between prospective job candidates and prospective employers, we will e-mail this week’s featured article to our extensive outreach e-mail list, which includes a wide range of employers.

If you had not yet submitted your thoughts to February's SiM blog, you can do so now.

You can also gain immediate visibility for yourself under this ongoing eSight networking initiative by submitting a two-sentence "offering statement" which describes what you can do for a potential employer.

Read the offering statements others have posted.

This networking opportunity is made possible by a grant from the American Express Foundation.

Posted by Jim at February 22, 2005 08:49 PM

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