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Jobs for People with Developmental Disabilities: Making It Happen!

Catherine Nichols, Senior Director Accessibility Programs linkedin.com/in/catherinecnichols 19th Annual Developmental Disabilities: An Update for Health Professionals March 5-6, 2020

Disclosure

I have nothing to disclose

Program Overview

Workforce Development for People with Disabilities

At Salesforce, we believe that business can be powerful platforms for social change and that our higher purpose is to drive Equality for

• all. Disability Inclusion is fundamental to this belief. We have an

ambition to become the number one employer for people with disabilities, for the products we sell to be accessible by people with disabilities, and for all persons to have full and equitable access to

• ur offices, our meetings and our events.

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Learning Objectives

What Salesforce is doing to create Disabilities@Work Programs

Salesforce’s Partnership with The ARC San Francisco Salesforce’s Autism@Work Programs

Driving Workforce Development: A Long Standing Partnership Between Salesforce and the ARC

Employees from The ARC work in a variety of roles at Salesforce within office services. 50+ ARC / affiliates across SF, NY, Indy, Bellevue, London, Dublin Planned expansions both domestically and globally

• ver the next year

Salesforce employees have sat on The ARC’s board and the organization is a customer

Salesforce Sustainability FY19 Stakeholder Impact Report

The Autism Advantage

Autism @ Work Playbook: Annabi, H., Crooks, E.W., Barnett, N., Guadagno, J., Mahoney, J.R., Michelle, J., Pacilio, A., Shukla, H. and Velasco, J. Autism @ Work Playbook: Finding talent and creating meaningful employment opportunities for people with autism. Seattle, WA: ACCESS-IT, The Information School, University of Washington, 2019. Autism and Health: A Special Report by Autism Speaks 2017

500k

Additional adults with ASD by 2028

50k

High School graduates with ASD per year

17%

Complete a 4- year college degree

85%

Unemployment rate among college grads

Autism@Work Launch

Internal Partners External Partners Committed Staff Business Case Executive Sponsor(s)

Planning Onboard Workshop

Neurodiversity Training for Managers Non- Traditional Interviews Training and Documentation Mentoring and Career Development

Retention

Autism@Work Journey

Recruit

Recruit Candidates

Assess

1-Month Internship

Focus on Agile project management methodologies and teaming in a professional setting

Autism@Work Journey: One Month Internship

Getting comfortable with the Salesforce office environment and a daily routine. Assessing attention to details, including maintaining documentation and quality control Completing a project related to Salesforce product development in partnership with hiring teams

College Link Program (CLP)

Mission Statement: to help students who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder to transition and succeed in the higher education environment

Preparation

• Complete the Salesforce Career Exploration trail
• Search job descriptions they are interested in
• Update resume to tailor to the job description

Day of the Visit

• Introduction to Salesforce and Salesforce Culture
• Demo of Salesforce
• Mock interviews with Salesforce employees
• Tour of Salesforce

https://www.csueastbay.edu/clp/