People with disabilities are greatly underutilized in the American workforce. According to the National Organization on Disability, only 32 percent of our disabled citizens are employed, but almost half of those remaining unemployed want to work. How can we tap into this neglected resource? Is it possible for people with disabilities to become proud and productive taxpayers instead of welfare recipients? Reliability for Hire is a way to help these folks find a job.
Reliability for Hire is a free website that promotes hiring America's "unemployables" - people with disabilities. Our manufacturing company has been so successful hiring "unemployable" people that we were happy to fund this no-charge hiring website as a gift to America and American small business.
Yes, we said no charge! That's right, free to all concerned. There will never be any charge to job seekers or employers!
To develop and permanently support these resources required some creative ideas to avoid a costly staff and ongoing fund-raising efforts. First, we have no employees. Next, we use the existing offices and equipment of our manufacturing company. Further, although these websites were quite expensive to develop, we have designed them to require minimal maintenance and no interaction from a staff. Finally, we have no phone, fax, or email, because job seekers and employers interact directly with each other without our management. As a result, we are proud to say that this organization has almost no overhead.
So we have no plans for fund raising, even though we will accept tax free donations as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. Money received from small business or private donors will be used for publicity - important for the first few years. But no government money will be accepted, nor will money be accepted from any organization that receives government money. Indeed, we are out to show that small business can do good work for our country without government support.
America's presidents have always asked us citizens to find ways help our people and our country - this is such a way. This is creative entrepreneurship, volunteerism seeking to serve, and small business in action. You are witnessing the grassroots beginning of a truly new concept - one that will benefit American people, American small business, and American taxpayers.
Reliability for Hire was launched in May 2005. It is hoped and expected that thousands of people will be using this free resource daily within the next few years.
