Labor Department Releases New Candidate (with disabilities) Database

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.ere.net/inside-recruiting/news/labor-department-releases-new-candidate-database-181983.asp

3/18/2008

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Labor is unveiling a free database filled with 1,769 candidates with disabilities who are seeking new opportunities.

The DOL says this database gives recruiters access to many high-demand fields of study, including accounting, administration, business, communications, computers, criminal justice, education, engineering, human resources/equal employment opportunity, health care, law, the social sciences, and the sciences.

This database was compiled after the DOL's Office of Disability Employment Policy sent recruiters to nearly 200 college campuses across the country to interview eligible undergraduate and post-graduate students.

Many of the students are seeking summer job opportunities, while others have graduated and are looking for permanent employment.

The DOL says its Workforce Recruitment Program serves as a pipeline for organizations to hire workers in summer jobs, train and evaluate them, and then transition them into permanent positions when they graduate from college.

FULL story at link.