Like all employees, people with disability bring a range of skills, talents and abilities to the workplace. Many people with disability are tertiary or trade qualified and hold senior managerial positions.
Employees with disability can be successful in all areas of the workforce, including in apprenticeships and traineeships. People with disability are employed across many occupations:
- 37 per cent of employees with disability are professionals, managers and administrators
- 30 per cent of employees with disability are clerical sales and service workers
- 33 per cent of employees with disability are from remaining occupational categories including tradespeople, production, and transport workers as well as labourers and related workers (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003).
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By using non-traditional recruitment strategies and looking at the skills a person brings to a job rather than the disability, you can attract a more diverse—yet equally skilled—workforce.
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References
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004, Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings 2003, Cat. No. 4430.0, viewed 23 May 2006, <http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/Lookup/978A7C78CC11B702CA256F0F007B1311/$File/44300_2003.pdf>.