Strategies for Recruiting and Accommodating in the Health Care Industry

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Audio Conference

Trainers: Corey Turner, HR Manager, Jones Lang LaSalle, with Anne Hirsh, JAN Consultant.

By the Year 2010 it is expected that 1 in 10 working age individuals will be employed in healthcare. As the population ages and medical technology advances the demand for healthcare professionals continues to grow and exceed supply. More than ever HR professionals are trying to meet the need and are looking at people with disabilities as a resource for successful job candidates.

Using real examples of people with disabilities successfully employed in healthcare, participants will get the chance to apply their knowledge and explore the myths, pitfalls, strategies and opportunities for accommodating and employing people with disabilities in healthcare professions.

Participants will learn strategies for successfully incorporating workers with disabilities into the healthcare workforce, including:

• How to involve the HR department, nursing and other healthcare departments, administrators, and professionals in the accommodation process in order to achieve effective job accommodation outcomes.
  
• What questions to ask when gathering information about the specific job tasks and the individual's limitations in order to achieve successful job accommodation outcomes.
  
• The more common accommodation issues in the healthcare industry and solutions to those situations.