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Recruiters seek disabled students
'Untapped' pool of potential employees called on to fill posts posts
Jimmy Tobias
Still, officials at Morris Street Partners say they are not offering these services just for the sake of being considerate.
"It is not about being nice - it is about being smart," said Susan Lang, the CEO of Morris Street Partners.
Lang added that the non-profit organization approaches its work from a business perspective.
Rich Donovan, who started the organization last March, added that "Morris basically aims to bring disabled individuals into the market economy."
Donovan, who has cerebral palsy, called the disabled a significant national minority and pointed out that "this is something that hasn't been attempted before in a meaningful way."
Morris Street Partners is active on five campuses and is in contact with 15 others. It will return to campus next year with a new, although not-yet-chosen, name.
Career Services, which typically organizes on-campus recruitment events, advertised this event, but most of the planning was done by Morris Street Partners themselves, Barbara Hewitt, associate director of Career Services, wrote in an e-mail.
"It is not about being nice - it is about being smart," said Susan Lang, the CEO of Morris Street Partners.
Lang added that the non-profit organization approaches its work from a business perspective.
Rich Donovan, who started the organization last March, added that "Morris basically aims to bring disabled individuals into the market economy."
Donovan, who has cerebral palsy, called the disabled a significant national minority and pointed out that "this is something that hasn't been attempted before in a meaningful way."
Morris Street Partners is active on five campuses and is in contact with 15 others. It will return to campus next year with a new, although not-yet-chosen, name.
Career Services, which typically organizes on-campus recruitment events, advertised this event, but most of the planning was done by Morris Street Partners themselves, Barbara Hewitt, associate director of Career Services, wrote in an e-mail.
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just bein Frank
posted 1/30/07 @ 3:38 PM EST
But I thought Big Business was evil.... This must be part of some sinister Bush/Cheney/Halliburton plot to screw the working poor!
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