Career Management: 5 Helpful Tips to Successfully Negotiate in a Tough Job Market

Back in December 2011, I was invited by Disability.gov to contribute as a guest blogger to their Career Connection Series, Ask the Expert. I developed an article that offered tips on how to successfully negotiate in a tough job market. This was almost a year ago. The current employment market as we know it is changing. There are new models being created and born almost every day. Below is a link to the original article as it appreared on Disability.gov. Did you find the article helpful? Please leave your comments below.

Career Connection Series: 5 Helpful Tips to Successfully Negotiate in a Tough Job Market

read more “Career Management: 5 Helpful Tips to Successfully Negotiate in a Tough Job Market”

YouTube Video Resource: Jennifer Aniston uses the R-word

Use of the word 'retard' (the R-word) whether casual or intentional, hurts people with intellectual disabilities and those who love them.  The short video clip is from the Regis Show on which Jennifer Aniston is a guest and she uses the word 'retard' casually describing how she likes 'dress-up' in her acting career.  This video is part of the spread the word to end the word campaign, that is helping raise awareness to the harmful nature of the R-word and to promote the inclusion and acceptance of persons with intellectual disabilities.

read more “YouTube Video Resource: Jennifer Aniston uses the R-word”

Video: Meet Alex!

read more “Video: Meet Alex!”

Media Event: Attending a Power Lunch Event today!

I will be attending a Power Lunch event sponsored by Independence First, Milwaukee. It is being held at a popular Milwaukee destination, the Potawatomi Bingo & Casino! The invited guest speaker is Mr.Lou Ferrigno. You can read about Lou's background here. For more details on the event, visit Independence First's event page.

read more “Media Event: Attending a Power Lunch Event today!”

ADA Celebration at the White House - Live Webcast!

The ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) celebration taking place at the White House today will be streamed live at www.whitehouse.gov/live beginning 5:30PM Eastern Time. The live stream will have captioning available as picture within a picture or an alternative setup. Hopefully they don't run into any technical difficulties with this process! Join & share in the celebration!

read more “ADA Celebration at the White House - Live Webcast!”

Americans with Disabilities Act Turns 20!

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

read more “Americans with Disabilities Act Turns 20!”

Campaign for Disability Employment

The Campaign for Disability Employment is a collaborative effort to promote positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities by encouraging employers and others to recognize the value and talent they bring to the workplace. (Source: Campaign for Disability Employment Website)

- What can you do? The campaign for disability employment.

read more “Campaign for Disability Employment”