CIS Employer Benefits

How Does CIS Benefit Employers?

  • Job matching between a job candidate’s educational and work history, job interests and capabilities and your worksite needs.
  • On-site job training – teaching employee’s the skills they need to accomplish their specific job tasks.
  • In many cases, long-term services are available. The employer or employee can contact CIS for employee re-training or assistance solving other worksite issues.
  • Employer Tax credits are available to employers when they hire many of the people CIS serves, as well as meet other eligibility criteria. See our special report.
  • Job candidates pre-screened for criminal backgrounds

Increased Access To Personnel

The U.S. Department of Labor reports that the workforce is shrinking, and will continue to decrease as much as 10% over the next 20 years.

At the same time, people with disabilities and other employment challenges are the largest underemployed sector of the labor market.

Decreased Costly Turnover

Marriott’s Pathways to Independence employees (with disabilities) had a 6% turnover rate between 1999 and 2003, compared to a 52% turnover rate for Marriott’s entire workforce.

Kathy Egan, President of Hire Potential reports that employees with disabilities and other challenges, are more committed and retained employment 50% longer than “traditional” employees.

Employees with disabilities and other challenges at Pizza Hut have job retention rates from four to five times higher than non-disabled workers, saving the company over $8 million through reduced turnover costs.

Enhanced Public Relations

A study conducted in 2005 by the University of Massachusetts and America’s Strength Foundation, surveyed 803 consumers who had direct experience interacting with or observing people with disabilities in work environments.

The study found that:

  • 92% of consumers had more favorable impressions of the businesses that hire people with disabilities,
  • 87% of consumers prefer to give their business to companies that hire people with disabilities.
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Highly Rated by Area Businesses

  • 98% recommend CIS to other businesses needing reliable employees
  • 98% rate our job training and employee assistance services as effective or highly effective
  • 100% say CIS responds quickly when they call with a concern
  • 100% will hire employees from CIS again



The List of CIS Employers

We are a group of employers, service providers, people seeking employment, family members and advocates who are spreading the word about the need to increase community job opportunities for people with disabilities and employment challenges. 

View the entire list or contact us to be included.


 
Community Integrated Services
441 N. 5th Street, Suite 210
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Phone: 215-238-7411
Fax: 215-238-7423
Email: info@cisworks.org

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Middletown, DE 19709
Phone: 302-376-8259
Fax: 302-376-8261
Email: info@cisworks.org
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