Business Engagement Strategies to Advance Employment First

Overview

Achieving Employment First goals requires strong partnerships with the business community.
Hosted by the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability in Cornell University’s ILR School, this webinar will explore practical business engagement strategies that help state agencies, employment service providers, and workforce partners build pathways toward meaningful relationships with employers while advancing competitive integrated employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Participants will:

• Learn about how employer engagement efforts align with New York’s Employment First policy objectives
• Identify approaches for understanding and meeting business needs
• Develop partnerships that create sustainable employment outcomes

Through examples and promising practices, the session will highlight strategies that support both employers and job seekers, demonstrating how effective business engagement can translate Employment First policy into successful employment outcomes.

Presenters: 
Whitney Malone, Employment First Business Liaison, Office of the Chief Disability Officer
Ellice Switzer, Program Director for Inclusive Workplaces, Yang-Tan Institute
Wendy Strobel Gower, Thomas P. Golden Executive Director, Yang-Tan Institute

Presented by

• Ellice Switzer
• Wendy Strobel Gower
• Whitney Malone