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An innovative employment collaborative helping to match diverse candidates with disabilities, including veterans, to over one million businesses, agencies and service providers.
"Connecting Job Seekers with disabilities
to businesses looking to hire
is what we do."
-- Janet Fiore
CEO, The Sierra Group, Inc.
Board Chair, Founder - The Sierra Group Foundation
Vickie Peirano Thompson is the Columbus Branch Manager, UCB, Inc. Vickie's company proactively recruits and hires people with disabilities.
"As a Business Ambassador to the One More Way project, I encourage hiring managers, agencies and Job Seekers across the country to tap into this diverse recruiting resource" - Vickie Peirano Thompson
BREAKING NEWS!
ADA Amendments Act - What you NEED to know! READ this article by leading experts, Janet Fiore, CEO & Jill Fisher, Esq.
The July 2009 edition of Counterpoint, The Official Publication of the
Pennsylvania Defense Institute features an article written by subject matter
experts Janet Fiore, The Sierra Group, and Jill Fisher, Esquire, Zarwin, Baum,
DeVito, Kaplan, Schaer, Toddy, P.C. Pennsylvania Defense Institute Counterpoint July 2009
This published article is a quick reference for any hiring manager, human resource or rehabilitation professional who needs a clear, factual update on the changes to this important piece of civil rights legislation. Fiore and Fisher consult and speak on this topic locally, regionally and nationally. Contact us for more information on a presentation or consultation.
Read the full article in PDF format. 
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GIFT WILL HELP SIERRA GROUP FOUNDATION FIND JOBS FOR VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES
The Sierra Group Foundation has announced that in 2010 it will reach out to job-seeking veterans with disabilities via a holiday gift from the military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary, LLC. The Sierra Group Foundation is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization whose mission is to cut the high unemployment rate of people with disabilities.
Read the full press release in PDF format. 59 K (opens in a new browser window)
The Equal Opportunity Commission Votes to Approve a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has voted to approve a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to conform its ADA regulations to the Amendments Act of 2008. The NPRM was just published in the Federal Register on September 23, 2009.
Janet Fiore, CEO, The Sierra Group Inc. says "I concur with Congress that this new law restores the intent of ending civil rights discrimination for this, the largest group of unemployed/under employed Americans."
For assistance regarding accommodations, stay at work, return to work or to find qualified applicants with disabilities contact www.thesierragroup.com – 800.973.7687. “Together, we will drive up employment shipping for four, to for Americans with Disabilities, including Veterans.”
One More Way Member United Collection Bureau, Inc. (UCB, Inc.) Ohio Employer of the Year for Hiring People with Disabilities!
Photo: left to right - Vickie Periano-Thompson - UCB, Inc.; Terri Zeigler - UCB, Inc.; Dustin Grand - staff; Jeff Horner - UCB, Inc.; Jennifer Brunner - Ohio Secretary of State; Janet Fiore - The Sierra Group, Inc.
The Sierra Group applauds One More Way Member UCB, Inc. on receiving Employer of the Year from the Ohio Governors Commission on Disability. "UCB, Inc. has been both dedicated and profitable as a result of hiring candidates with disabilities through us," said Janet Fiore, CEO of The Sierra Group. "using our business to business consultative recruiting model, UCB has integrated more than 30 employees with disabilities into their Ohio workforce." In a tight economy when layoffs prevail, and candidates are numerous, UCB's Vickie Thompson stated that "we always recruit more candidates with disabilities. They've strengthened our workforce in more ways than I ever expected."
See the press release ( PDF 22K) to learn how UCB, Inc. and The Sierra Group plan to take the model to the community at large.
Read the ThisWeek newspaper article, State names local firm UCB as Employer of the Year.
For more information please go to the Program Archives tab of WUAR Upper Arlington Radio to hear an interview with UCB's Columbus manager, Vickie Thompson, and Janet Fiore of The Sierra Group, Inc.. Once the On-demand player pops up select show which is labeled: Talk@Ten 9 3 09.
One More Way was created by The Sierra Group, Inc., a national consultancy on disability policy and procedures for business.