Providing Holistic Accessible Support Across Campus with Symplicity

Unemployment rate in 2020 for those with a disability was at 12.6percent, the highest mark in seven years, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  For higher education institutions, the most recent data from 2016 found that 20percent of undergraduates reported having a disability and more than 90percent of all colleges enroll students with a disability.

This means that a significant portion of college students have a form of disability whether visible or otherwise. With Symplicity CSM and Accommodate, institutions can connect disability services to the career services office so that staff can become advocates for those in the disability community to find them meaningful work.

Untapped Potential: Connecting Career Services to the Disabled

As employers across the globe look to expand their recruiting practices, many are missing an opportunity right in front of them: the disabled community. Within hiring practices, there is an untapped potential with a record number of people quitting their jobs, leaving many companies in a lurch to fill those roles: the disability community. At a time when employers are looking for talent, career services staff can connect to the disability services office to find untapped talent and build better campus relationships. 

3 DEI Recruiting Efforts to Incorporate Amid the ‘Great Resignation’

Diversity hire leader, Arthur Woods, writing in the Harvard Business Review says that the ‘Great Resignation’ is an opportunity for companies to really evaluate their diversity hiring. For his book Hiring for Diversity, Woods studied over 100 organizations and found that fewer than half (47 percent) accounted for disabilities in their diversity hiring practices and only 11 percent accounted for hiring on the LGBTQ+ spectrum.