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If you’re an employer looking to diversify your workforce and increase productivity, a number of job-ready candidates are eager to work with you. <strong>Workplace Hub</strong> has the tips and tools you need to make your inclusive workplace a reality.</p> </div> <div id="block-block-188" class="block block-block column-layout three-col-single alt-two-col-first odd"> <h5><a href="/services/workplace/for-job-seekers">For Job Seekers</a></h5> <div><a href="/services/workplace/for-job-seekers"><img alt="A blind job seeker in an interview." src="/sites/default/files/job-seeker-block.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 329px;" /></a></div> <p>Skilled but unsure where to start? Browse tips on choosing your career path, writing your resume and bringing your best self to the interview.</p> <p class="orange mobile-hide tablet-mobile-hide"><a class="orange" href="/services/workplace/for-job-seekers">Learn More about Resources for Job Seekers</a></p> </div> <div id="block-block-189" class="block block-block column-layout three-col-single alt-two-col-last even"> <h5><a href="/services/workplace/for-employers">For Employers</a></h5> <div><a href="/services/workplace/for-employers"><img alt="A professional looking confident" src="/sites/default/files/joe-shaker.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 329px;" /></a></div> <p>Achieving an accessible workplace is easier than you think – and beneficial for everyone involved.</p> <p class="orange mobile-hide tablet-mobile-hide"><a class="orange" href="/services/workplace/for-employers">Learn More about Resources for Employers</a></p> </div> <div id="block-views-4339483c4a06fdbb3db0bfc17d3c767e" class="block block-views homepage-featured std-bottom-margin odd"> <div class="view view-donate-structured-content view-id-donate_structured_content view-display-id-block_6 view-dom-id-0713e18cc28014925022a823f12e4e3d"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><div class="product-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_product__830_x_540_/public/perkins-ebook.jpg?itok=KTQPl737" width="830" height="540" alt="cover of Perkins inclusive workplace e-book" /> </div> <div class="copy"> <h2><a href="/services/workplace/employers/ebook"><span>Inclusive Workplace e-book</span></a></h2> <p>A diverse workforce is one that values inclusion and the unique points of view that employees from different backgrounds can bring to the job.</p> <p class="calloutBtn"><a href="/services/workplace/employers/ebook"><span>Read More</span></a></p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-block-195" class="block block-block std-bottom-margin std-top-margin text-center even"> <h3>Did you know...</h3> </div> <div id="block-block-190" class="block block-block column-layout three-col-single first-col odd"> <div><img alt="blue eye icon" src="/sites/default/files/eye-smallest.jpg" style="width: 370px; height: 223px;" /></div> <p>Less than half of Americans with a visual impairment participate in the workforce</p> </div> <div id="block-block-191" class="block block-block column-layout three-col-single mid-col even"> <div><img alt="icon that says "x2"" src="/sites/default/files/times2-smallest.jpg" style="width: 370px; height: 223px;" /></div> <p>Of those who do, the unemployment rate is twice the rate of those without a disability</p> </div> <div id="block-block-192" class="block block-block column-layout three-col-single last-col odd"> <div><img alt="icon of a person in an interview" src="/sites/default/files/interview-smallest.jpg" style="width: 370px; height: 223px;" /></div> <p>Most of these job seekers don't make it to the interview stage, despite their education & skills</p> </div> <div id="block-block-193" class="block block-block column-layout three-col-single alt-two-col-first even"> <h5><a href="/services/workplace/employers/perkins-business-partnership">Perkins Business Partnership</a></h5> <div><a href="/services/workplace/employers/perkins-business-partnership"><img alt="posed picture with blind young adult employees and their employers" src="/sites/default/files/pbp-block.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 329px;" /></a></div> <p>Perkins and the region’s best-known businesses and nonprofits are working together to break down employment barriers for individuals with blindness and visual impairment.</p> <p class="orange mobile-hide tablet-mobile-hide"><a class="orange" href="/services/workplace/employers/perkins-business-partnership">Discover the Perkins Business Partnership</a></p> </div> <div id="block-block-194" class="block block-block column-layout three-col-single alt-two-col-last odd"> <h5><a href="/school/community-programs/outreach-short-courses/pre-employment-program">Pre-Employment Program</a></h5> <div><a href="/school/community-programs/outreach-short-courses/pre-employment-program"><img alt="a young adult who is blind at a job fair talking with a potential employer" src="/sites/default/files/student-at-job-fair.jpg" style="width: 545px; height: 329px;" /></a></div> <p>An interactive course that teaches young adults workplace skills and career confidence.</p> <p class="orange mobile-hide tablet-mobile-hide"><a class="orange" href="/school/community-programs/outreach-short-courses/pre-employment-program">Explore the Pre-Employment Program</a></p> </div> <div id="block-views-interior-page-image-block" class="block block-views image-with-caption even"> <div class="view view-interior-page-image view-id-interior_page_image view-display-id-block view-dom-id-902d7e78f057f5db284495636f1534c6"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image-caption"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-intro-text-field-block" class="block block-views odd"> <div class="view view-intro-text-field view-id-intro_text_field view-display-id-block view-dom-id-57d4b4bd5d0936a28043d431c5afad39"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-intro-text"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-4b65e961e6b181b8813d724171fab792" class="block block-views even"> <div class="view view-interior-field-addition-information- view-id-interior_field_addition_information_ view-display-id-block view-dom-id-02dd779fc3786c3ae9228b0356210446"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-additional-information"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <article class="node-1201 node node-page view-mode-full clearfix" about="/services/workplace" typeof="foaf:Document"> <header> <span property="dc:title" content="Workplace" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> </article> </div> <div class="region region-content-bottom"> <div id="block-views-89712245f8fe748f99cfdaa62c1ca146" class="block block-views homepage-featured right-copy last-call first odd"> <div class="view view-donate-structured-content view-id-donate_structured_content view-display-id-block_8 view-dom-id-5ed8babfc2dbc8f03e020ce1efc76fa6"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><div class="product-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_product__830_x_540_/public/perkins-americas-blind-spot-ebook.jpg?itok=xLStMnlf" width="830" height="540" alt="Commuters walk down a set of stairs in a busy station." /> </div> <div class="copy"> <h2><a href="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/perkins-americas-blind-spot-ebook.pdf"><span>America's Blind Spot</span></a></h2> <p>Why don’t we see people who are blind in our everyday world? We set out looking for answers. </p> <p class="calloutBtn"><a href="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/perkins-americas-blind-spot-ebook.pdf"><span>Download e-Book</span></a></p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-success-stories-block-4" class="block block-views min-hoz-padding std-bottom-margin column-layout three-col last even"> <div class="view view-success-stories view-id-success_stories view-display-id-block_4 view-dom-id-571b286a15321d4bed01b8bea8a37a7e"> <div class="view-header"> <div class="circle-dot-footer" style="margin-bottom:15px;"></div> <h5><a href="/stories/blog/category/workplace">Workplace Stories</a></h5> <a class="orange mobile-hide tablet-mobile-hide" href="/stories/blog/category/workplace" class="orange">All Stories</a> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/perkins-students-visit-google-campus"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_thumbnail__353_x_212_/public/Perkins_PEP_Day1-118_smaller.jpg?itok=g-2fWOsZ" width="353" height="212" alt="Students sitting and standing around a large orange owl sculpture" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/perkins-students-visit-google-campus"><h3>Perkins students visit Google campus</h3></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><strong><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-02-28T00:00:00-05:00">February 28</span></strong></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content"><p>Participants in the Pre-Employment Program heard from “Googlers” with disabilities about how they chose a career.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/a-different-kind-of-job-fair"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_thumbnail__353_x_212_/public/_M3A0433-cc%20smaller.jpg?itok=wH757K4U" width="353" height="212" alt="A man holding a white cane shakes hands with a woman behind a table" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/a-different-kind-of-job-fair"><h3>A different kind of job fair</h3></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><strong><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-11-03T00:00:00-04:00">November 3</span></strong></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content"><p>Job seekers put aside their disability at annual Job Fair for Individuals with Visual Impairment.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/discovering-a-passion-for-hospitality"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_thumbnail__353_x_212_/public/8M3A1266-cc.jpg?itok=v7PcalsA" width="353" height="212" alt="A student working at a hotel breakfast buffet" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/discovering-a-passion-for-hospitality"><h3>Discovering a passion for hospitality</h3></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><strong><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-11-01T00:00:00-04:00">November 1</span></strong></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> 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