Full Life Sponsors: He Lei Kukui (A lei of Light) A Celebration of Disability Employment Awareness Month
marsfulllife • October 5, 2016
You’re invited to join Full Life and our partners in the West Hawai’i Island Workforce Solutions Consortium, to honor West Hawai’i Island employers who “light the way”.
Please join us for a morning of celebration and networking. Employer Honorees include: Kona McDonalds, Liberty Dialysis, Kona Seaside Hotel, Patz Pies
This event is sponsored by: West Hawaii Workforce Solutions Members, HIWEDO, Center for Disability Studies, Workforce Development, Arc of Kona, Full Life, Goodwill Industries, Department of Health DD Division, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
WHAT IS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS CONSORTIUM?
Members of Hawaii County’s Workforce Solutions Consortium- West Hawai’i Island are made up of local and national agencies, small and large businesses as well as county and state agencies that share in promotion of the hiring of persons with disabilities.
Workforce Solutions members share with employers the benefits of hiring persons with disabilities. This target population has proven to be extremely loyal to its employers, with turnover rates amongst the lowest of all workforce populations!
Through monthly meetings and a variety of community events throughout the year, Workforce Solutions Consortium promotes persons with disabilities and their employability!
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