Employer Benefits

To remain competitive, employers are looking beyond traditional labor sources to access skilled, qualified jobseekers. This includes focusing their recruitment efforts on alternative sources of available candidates, including those who are traditionally under-represented. Hiring qualified people who face barriers to employment can help businesses stay competitive in a number of ways, while also positively impacting the bottom line by:

• Meeting or exceeding performance standards

  Studies show that employees from traditionally overlooked backgrounds perform equally or superior to other employees.

• Increasing employee retention

  Replacing employees is expensive not only in tangible costs (e.g., advertising, screening, interviewing, training) but also in organizational knowledge that is lost. Employers have found employees from our services to be a loyal work force, reducing turnover.

• Attracting qualified employees in a shrinking workforce

• Recruiting and retaining workers with disabilities is one strategy to counter the effects of the aging and shrinking workforce, a phenomenon expected to affect many industries over the next 5-10 years.

• Reducing costs

  Save money by reducing lost time, avoiding increased insurance costs, and eliminating the cost of replacing or retraining employees.

• Increasing diversity

  Studies show that customers prefer doing business with organizations that reflect the diversity of their communities.