{"id":3166,"date":"2020-07-23T22:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=3166"},"modified":"2020-07-23T22:04:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:04:38","slug":"microsoft-and-updates-on-autism-hiring-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=3166","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft and Updates on Autism Hiring Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><span style=\"color: purple;\"><strong>(See Employment Survey Request Below.)<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The August 1  <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">N<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">D<\/span><\/strong> Job Club will feature <strong>Microsoft\u2019s Neil Barnett<\/strong>. Since the announcement at World Autism Day in 2015, Neil Barnett has been responsible for the program evolution of the <strong>Microsoft<\/strong> <strong>Autism Hiring Program.<\/strong> He leads the inclusive hiring strategy for people with disabilities across Microsoft. Neil is also responsible for the strategy and operational performance of Microsoft\u2019s consumer and enterprise\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/support.microsoft.com\/answerdesk\/accessibility__;!!E4Cpno6LK8EYUw!Y0mKUXu2CwyjSydeVcCY6CBVm7OLrKonUoOt0FAO3re09nN-bTxWajR5T_RVTkKqrPs$\"><strong>Disability Answer Desk<\/strong><\/a>. Neil also leads the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/disabilityin.org\/what-we-do\/committees\/autism-at-work-roundtable\/__;!!E4Cpno6LK8EYUw!Y0mKUXu2CwyjSydeVcCY6CBVm7OLrKonUoOt0FAO3re09nN-bTxWajR5T_RVLU4Yusg$\">Autism @ Work Employer Roundtable<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>of more than 30 employers across industry that have active hiring initiatives. Prior to joining Microsoft, Neil worked at a start up in San Francisco.\u00a0 He is graduated from Georgia Tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D790356A-CB04-4593-BE00-6DED798543CF-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3168\" width=\"344\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D790356A-CB04-4593-BE00-6DED798543CF-1.jpeg 499w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D790356A-CB04-4593-BE00-6DED798543CF-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D790356A-CB04-4593-BE00-6DED798543CF-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">As always, attendees on the spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives&nbsp;throughout the program.<\/span> Come share yours!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Who: <\/b>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org<br><strong>When:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sat Aug 1, 10am \u2013 11am <\/strong>(approx)<\/span><br><strong>Where: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Online via Zoom.<\/span><\/strong> <em>URL and password will be emailed<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: purple;\"> <i><b>Survey Request<\/b><\/i><\/span><br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/autismcareerpathways.com\">Autism Career Pathways<\/a> <\/strong>is currently gathering information to help create an App or web platform assembling autism-friendly community jobs, including remote jobs, in businesses. We want to get input and ideas from the neurodivergent community about their experiences in job seeking.&nbsp;Please take a short survey <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeHO_uci8GZyvLW-WC2CALFqshUmsPnpPZxsqCXz9e3hXNDCg\/viewform?usp=sf_link\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. No personal data will be stored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(See Employment Survey Request Below.) The August 1 AASCEND Job Club will feature Microsoft\u2019s Neil Barnett. Since the announcement at World Autism Day in 2015, Neil Barnett has been responsible for the program evolution of the Microsoft Autism Hiring Program. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=3166\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3166"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3172,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3166\/revisions\/3172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}