Providing Information & Resources for Hiring People with Disabilities
The Florida Business Leadership Network (BLN) seeks to promote two primary personnel policies: diversity policies that include people with disabilities and hiring practices that target candidates with disabilities. The BLN is an employer-led venture of the US Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy that is sponsored in Florida by The Able Trust.
Employers in Florida join the BLN for free by completing a brief membership application. Member employers then identify specific hiring requirements and disability employment concerns, and request information on specific disability topics. Members hire and promote workers with disabilities; attend business forums that provide information on critical disability employment issues; conduct job seeking skills sessions for candidates with disabilities; serve as mentors to postsecondary students with disabilities; recruit at disability employment fairs; provide summer, internship and co-op work experiences to enable students with disabilities to gain related work experience; and market the BLN to other employers.
Employers who join the BLN:
Help the BLN better serve your employer needs regarding the employment of Floridians with disabilities by taking our online member survey.