People with disabilities have a new handbook to help them find jobs.
Willing and Able: A Job Hunting Guide for Idahoans with Disabilities was developed by the Idaho Department of Labor to assist workers with disabilities and help employers seeking new talent put these individuals’ underutilized skills to work. It can also serve as a reference for people who work with people who have disabilities.
The guide can be downloaded from the department’s Web site at labor.idaho.gov. Choose “Publications” and then click on “Employment Services.”
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates 23.8 million working-age Americans have a disability, but only 37 percent are employed compared to 75 percent of the working-age population without disabilities.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is issuing monthly estimates on the employment status of persons with disabilities, which will help analysts and policymakers identify changing labor market conditions affecting this group.