{"id":92399,"date":"2024-07-26T09:51:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=92399"},"modified":"2024-07-26T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T13:52:03","slug":"more-people-with-disabilities-are-joining-the-u-s-workforce-heres-why-and-where-theyre-working-borden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/07\/26\/more-people-with-disabilities-are-joining-the-u-s-workforce-heres-why-and-where-theyre-working-borden\/","title":{"rendered":"More people with disabilities are joining the U.S. workforce. Here\u2019s why \u2014 and where they\u2019re working. [Borden]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/more-people-disabilities-joining-us-workforce-heres-why-taylor-borden-ccs7f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>More people with disabilities are joining the U.S. workforce. Here\u2019s why \u2014 and where they\u2019re working.<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from linkedin.com by Taylor Borden<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/more-people-disabilities-joining-us-workforce-heres-why-taylor-borden-ccs7f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/D4D12AQE-CM02zt5J6g\/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280\/0\/1721921341094?e=1727308800&amp;v=beta&amp;t=xvWMIrZ5uL1AUQXu_KZJiM6gwCxEq85-rM3Sva_y2Jk\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cPeople with disabilities have been wanting to work, eager to work, capable of work,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t until this huge change in the way we approached work that the opportunities presented themselves,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">People with disabilities have been entering the U.S. workforce at record levels over the past three years, the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. A recent analysis from LinkedIn\u2019s Economic Graph team suggests an increase in more amenable company policies and working accommodations contributes to this trend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In May 2024, more than half (54.3%) of LinkedIn members who self-identified as having a disability applied for remote positions. What\u2019s more? Since March 2021, members with disabilities have consistently accounted for a higher share of job applications to remote positions than members who report no disabilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Despite the opportunities created by the ADA \u2014 and the rise of remote work \u2014 many people with disabilities still face barriers in the workforce. LinkedIn\u2019s data scientists and editors parsed the data to identify the most common roles for workers with disabilities, how those with disabilities are progressing in their careers and how employers can continue to support more inclusive hiring.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More people with disabilities are joining the U.S. workforce. Here\u2019s why \u2014 and where they\u2019re working. &#8212; from linkedin.com by Taylor Borden \u201cPeople with disabilities have been wanting to work, eager to work, capable of work,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t until this huge change in the way we approached work that the opportunities presented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[851,387,174,86,112,321,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bias-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei","category-business","category-career-development","category-change","category-corporate-business-world","category-united-states","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92401,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92399\/revisions\/92401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}