Here’s your opportunity to have your business voice heard. In November 2009 the citizens of New Jersey and the Staffing Industry have the opportunity to be heard. We have an election for Governor and the entire State Assembly. This vote will set the stage for the next two years of our life in New Jersey! We really don’t have an option to “ignore it” since “the government” is increasingly intruding on our business and all levels of government appear to be mortgaging our children’s future for quick, short term solutions.

NJSA’s Legislative Committee and Staffing NJ PAC are doing something about it!

• On August 26th from 4:30pm – 6:30pm they are hosting for you a FREE reception in Morris Plains with the State Republican leadership in the Assembly, Alex De Croce and Jay Webber… hear what they have to say and ask the hard questions!
• Staffing NJ PAC will once again be contributing to as many candidates as we can who  will care about the Staffing Industry. We will have a voice with candidates in this year’s election – limited only by the level of donations from Staffing Industry Managers, Leaders and Owners like YOU!!
• Staffing NJ PAC is also launching over the next few months a “Get Out and VOTE” campaign to increase voter participation at Staffing Firms in New Jersey! We need to have the Staffing Industry represented on Election Day! Think what 80,000 votes could do?

By

Carl Capato

A recent study conducted by the University of Massachusetts at Boston confirms that companies who hire people with disabilities achieve a higher placement in the public’s collective esteem than employers who either may not hire people with disabilities or don’t bring attention to their hiring policies with respect to people with disabilities. Among surveyed consumers: 92 percent felt more favorable toward companies that hire people with disabilities; 87 percent said they would give their business to companies that hire people with disabilities; the employment of people with disabilities ranked third as an indicator of a company’s commitment to social justice; and 98 percent of respondents who had been served by a worker with a disability reported that they were “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with the service they received. According to Working Together, a group of businesses in Maine who collaborate to meet their goal of hiring more people with disabilities, and who reported the results of the U. Mass. Study referenced above, http://www.expandingmainesworkforce.com/benefits.html,

there are real, bottom-line benefits for companies who look to the often untapped resource of job seekers with disabilities to fill staffing vacancies.  These include:

Increased Market Share:  According to recent census data, nearly one in five Americans has a disability.  This population has a total annual income in excess of a trillion dollars, and a discretionary income estimated at $200 billion.  People with disabilities prefer businesses that are sensitive to their needs and that represent their population, and companies have found that it makes good business sense to have a workforce that is representative of the communities they serve.  According to research conducted by Simmons Market Research Bureau, 48 percent of people with disabilities are the principle shoppers for their families.  They have influence over not only their own spending decisions, but those made by other family members as well.

Key Findings

• Staffing industry employment is a strong coincident economic indicator when the economy is emerging from a recession.
• Staffing industry employment is a leading indicator for non-farm employment—by about three months when the economy is emerging from a recession.

What do you think?  Is the staffing industry a “bell weather” industry and has the economy reached bottom and on the road to recovery?

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