Demand-Side Job Placement Model (cont.)

3. Employer Needs Focus

• • Speak the language of business

  • Understand the real concerns of employers and be able to speak to their needs

  • Understand and know how to help employers get work done

  • Help employers view people with disabilities as resources to get work done

  • Must match people with disabilities carefully for the job

  • Match employers with “qualified” and competent workers with disabilities