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Inclusiveness: It is our social responsibility
Nov 16, 2021
By Chen Lee Yun The term disability refers to the lack of adequate power, strength, physical or mental ability, or incapacity that hinders or prevents one from carrying out work or household responsibilities, or engaging in leisure and social activities. This may include visual, hearing, learning, mental, physical, multiple obstacles, and speech impairment. In the Disability Act, there are guarantees for the disabled - employment,...
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Are We Failing Our Disabled Workforce?
Oct 21, 2021
Written by: S. Haarshini Job hunting and employment is no walk in the park for anyone, even for those with impressive resumes and backgrounds. However, the competitive job market combined with today’s fast-paced world, has made it especially difficult for people with disabilities to get employed. About 15% of the world’s population experience some form of disability. That is nearly one billion people. Unfortunately,...
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How the world's top companies are becoming more inclusive with Valuable 500
Sep 21, 2021
Written by: Nurul Wan Faisal and Lim Qi Han In February 2021, Micron Malaysia announced that it aimed to employ and recruit 50 members with disabilities, in line with their pledge made to Valuable 500. By the end of January, Micron had already trained 36 hearing-impaired operators in its workforce and is on the way to achieving their goal. What is the Valuable 500? Micron is only one out of the 500 companies who had...
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5 Recruitment Tips to Attract People with Disabilities
Aug 12, 2021
You are a company, and wish to hire PWDs (persons with disabilities). But strangely, you find none of them applying! Take a step further to encourage them to join you.          Here are some tips where you can get the attention of PWDs in hiring them:   1) Add promotional messages and welcoming language The purpose is to shift someone away from thinking “it is not for me”. Here...
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