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Business Partnerships

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ServiceSource and its affiliated organizations partner with employers throughout the areas we operate to learn more about business needs and match employers with qualified and diverse candidates.

Building a Partnership

We regularly meet with hiring managers to learn about job openings and expectations for the knowledge, skills, and abilities of candidates. We then review the qualifications and interests of our job seekers and provide resumes of individuals who meet or exceed your business needs. If needed, we can provide supports to both the job seeker and the employer throughout the interview, hiring, and onboarding process.

Furthermore, we support both the employer and the job seeker with training on-the-job once hired. As needed, ServiceSource and its affiliated organizations provide support to individuals, particularly during their introductory period, with learning their job responsibilities and understanding the company culture and workplace policies and expectations. In addition, we support the supervisor and co-workers with any training and education needed to understand the best learning and training methods for a particular individual.

Other Ways to Partner

We also work with job seekers who are exploring their career interests and skills. We often partner with employers for job seekers to “try out” different types of employment. For example, job seekers may try out bussing tables in a restaurant or answering phones at an office for a few hours, with one of our representatives present as well, to learn more about their interests, abilities, and skills.

In addition, employers can provide invaluable opportunities for:

Informational interviews
Shadowing, and tours of their businesses for job seekers/students exploring their interests
Training partnerships
Hosting an intern
Being a mentor to a job seeker/student
Conducting mock interviews and reviewing resumes
Leading a workshop

Thanks to funding from state and local agencies, these services are most often provided at no cost to the employer.

Current and Past Partnerships

ServiceSource and its affiliated organizations partner with the following companies to hire candidates:

Bank of America
Allied Barton
Skipjack’s Restaurant
Embassy Suites
Westin Hotel
Walgreen’s
Delaware Park Race Track
Amazon
Switch Skate and Snow
Boscov’s Department Store
Aramark
United States Postal Service
Scalessa’s Restaurant
Caliber Collision
Easterseals
UPS
WAWA
Dunkin Donuts
Wegmans
Freddie Mac
Children and Families First
Fort Belvoir Exchange
Jewish Community Center
Target
Nordstrom
Distribution Specialists, Inc
Smithsonian
Maryland Transit Administrations
Department of Energy
Evolver
A Mother’s Touch
Progressive Software Computing
Home Depot
Giant Market
Shoprite Market
Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, P.A.
Sam’s Club
Geico
Acme Markets
AMC Theatre
NVCC Community College

Benefits and Opportunities for Employers Who Hire People with Disabilities

By opening your job searches to qualified people with disabilities, you gain access to a new and vital talent pool of workers
A healthy workforce includes people with different abilities
A diverse workforce gives you a competitive advantage by adding new ideas, viewpoints and approaches to solving your business challenges
Your employees and customers appreciate diversity
Making accommodations for people with disabilities is usually easy and inexpensive, and can actually carry a return
The average accommodation costs less than $500
Employing people with disabilities makes good business sense because it has a direct impact on your bottom line
Retention rates among people with disabilities are higher than average thus reducing training costs
People with disabilities are loyal customers to businesses who support them
Customers with disabilities control discretionary income of nearly $200 billion (twice the teen market)
Work Opportunity Tax credit (WOTC) for hiring individuals with barriers to employment. The tax credit amount is calculated as 25-40% of the employee’s wages in the first year of their employment.