Able South Carolina and Hire Me SC announce the 11th annual Employer Summit, scheduled during National Disability Employment Awareness Month, on Wednesday, October 14, from 10 am to 3 pm. The event will be hosted at Dominion Energy’s VC Summer Nuclear Learning Center in Jenkinsville, South Carolina. The registration fee is typically $100. However, the event is offering an early bird registration special of $75, now through July 15th.
The Employer Summit is a one-day conference for business managers, executives, HR professionals, and service providers who are ready to strengthen their workforce and the economy by including people with disabilities. While one in four people in the United States has a disability, one in three South Carolinians has a disability; meanwhile, 60 percent of people with disabilities in this state are unemployed. The Summit aims to showcase disabled employees as a workforce that employers can’t afford to overlook.
In the interest of improving employment outcomes for people with disabilities and building a more resilient workforce, the summit will host two tracks: a track for employers with topics covering the ADA as a Business Tool and HR Mythbusting, and a track for service providers with topics centered on Practical Tools for Job Development and Using Assistive Technology as a Workforce Tool. Employers and providers will come together over lunch, an interactive session with event vendors, and an interactive keynote featuring Able SC’s CEO, Kimberly Tissot. During the keynote, Tissot will speak no-nonsense in the style of her Kickin’ it with Kimberly blog as she and industry leaders discuss the benefits disabled employees bring to the workplace.
Sponsorship opportunities to support the event and the efforts of the event organizer, Able South Carolina, are available. Sponsors are privy to perks, including recognition and tickets to attend the event. Registration is open at hiremesc.org/employer-summit where visitors can also find information about partnering with the event through sponsorship or by becoming a vendor. Nationally transferable SHRM and HRCI credits for attendees are pending.
ABOUT ABLE SOUTH CAROLINA
Able SC is a disability-led organization seeking transformational changes in systems, communities, and individuals. Since 1994, they've remained a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability nonprofit that seeks to make South Carolina a national model of equity and inclusion for all people with disabilities. To learn more about Able SC’s programs and services, please visit www.able-sc.org.
ABOUT HIRE ME SC
People with disabilities can work, want to work, and should be afforded every opportunity to work. Powered by Able South Carolina and the South Carolina Disability Employment Coalition (SCDEC, a coalition formed to eliminate employment barriers for individuals with disabilities), Hire Me SC is a campaign that promotes a culture of inclusion across the state of South Carolina, one in which employment for every individual, disability or not, is the norm rather than the exception. Learn more at http://www.hiremesc.org.
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