Are you an employer looking to hire people who can help your business?
Hiring people experiencing disability is right for your business. Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace has proven to enhance employee morale, improve job retention, and increase your bottom line.
Inclusive employers throughout Saskatchewan understand that hiring people experiencing disability is good for business, good for their community, and good for the economy.
It Pays To Be Inclusive
Looking for someone to help you access an untapped workforce? Service providers can help.
Service providers are available.
What do employers have to say about working with a service provider?
“Working with SARC and Humboldt & District Community Services has been an asset to my business. We get the support to follow up if anything extra is needed. This has been an asset for our business to continue to have staff in a very tough hiring market. It has also improved our community image as well our bottom line.“
– Dave Doepker, Humboldt Sobeys
“SaskTel has gained numerous advantages by being an inclusive employer. Inclusion involves a sense of belonging, where everyone is seen and heard. Employing people experiencing disabilities has led to supportive relationships, reduced conflict, a positive culture, and a sense of value and respect among coworkers, ultimately benefiting our service to customers and our bottom line.
Our message to employers is to embrace inclusion! Recognize the abilities in every person and work towards removing barriers for individuals experiencing disabilities. It’s within our power as employers; together we can influence social change and create safe and supportive working environments for everyone.“
– Sharon Davis, Director – HR (Talent Acquisition/OH&S/Environment), SaskTel
Champion Employers
SARC works with a number of inclusive employers whose commitment to diversity and inclusion within their workplace creates employment opportunities for people of all abilities.
Are you a Champion Employer? Want to be a Champion Employer?
Want to learn more about supported employment, EmployLink, and SARC?
Watch AMI’s ‘Untapped’ episode from their ‘Our Community Series’.
About EmployLink
EmployLink is an initiative of SARC, a provincial association of over 100 community-based organizations whose primary responsibility is to provide supports for people experiencing disability.
SARC supports the work of its Members and other service providers to assist job seekers to prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment.
Find the Employees You NeedResources
Join a growing list of inclusive employers
EmployLink connects business owners with employment professionals who already work with a number of job seekers, right in your community. Employment professionals work for service providers and help connect business owners from any sector to an untapped pool of skilled workers.
Ready to find your next great hire?
Connect with a service provider today.
Hiring people experiencing disability can improve your bottom line.
EmployLink connects employers with service providers who have employment professionals that provide help to both the employer and the job seeker.
In addition to creating a workplace that’s fun, inclusive, and diverse, hiring people experiencing disability adds to the economic value of your business.
The Canadian Association for Supported Employment (CASE) Resource Hub is an excellent place to go to for a range of information on supported employment from organizations across Canada.
Hiring Intentions and Best Practices
Hire for Talent has created a toolkit for employers to access as a way to help navigate the best practices behind hiring people experiencing disability.
Working with people experiencing disability starts with a great interview. By understanding how to make your interviewee feel at ease, what to ask, and when to follow up, gives you, the employer, the tools you need for a successful hiring process.
Employers are realizing the benefits of creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, which begins with the interview process.
5 Ways to Support Diversity and Inclusion During Your Interview Process
