The Pathways to Success 2008  was a FREE half-day training seminar designed to provide employers and businesses with solutions to workforce development needs.   The Huntsville Area Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities hosted the FREE training seminar on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at the Jacobs Training Center located at 1500 Perimeter Pkwy, Huntsville, AL. 

The training was designed for Human Resources Professionals, Managers, Executives, and Small Business Owners. 

 The presenters included Nancy Klatt, Human Resources Manager at Huntsville Coca-Cola, and representatives from workforce providers in the Tennessee Valley. The keynote speaker was Jerome (Jerry) C. Rose--former Regional Attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

We were very honored and quite pleased to have had over 65 attendees at the training! HR representatives from a diverse range of employers participated in the seminar. 

Nancy Klatt's presentation of Best Practices in Employing Persons with Disabilities in a Manufacturing/Production Environment was extremely educational and very interesting.  Through Nancy's presentation we were introduce to the Alabama Occupational Diploma and we learned how employers can hire students with disabilities for short-term, part-time work that will enable the student to not only earn his AOD, but also gain valuable work experience.  At Coca-cola, several students have gone on to become full-time, regular employees.  A true expression of giving back!

Allan Day of the MSFC at NASA shared highlights from a booklet produced in collaboration with BOEING on Etiquette in Employing People with Disabilities.  Free copies of the booklets were included with registration.

Our key note address by Mr. Jerome C. Rose was outstanding and very inspiring.  Mr. Rose a visual image of many paths, roads, and highways all merging into a one lane street that arrived a place called Success.  Mr. Rose challenged our thinking when he stated that Success is not a place of rest of the final destination.  Rather, Success is the start of a great journey down new path that is walked by two -- the employer and the employee.  The employee with disabilities cannot walk the path of success alone, and neither can the employer.  Mr. Rose's presentation will a topic of interest for some time to come.

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Best Practices Non-Government PowerPoint

Disability Etiquette