{"id":3705,"date":"2022-01-03T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T02:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2022-01-03T18:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T02:22:42","slug":"introducing-inclusively-serving-job-seekers-with-disabilities-and-chronic-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=3705","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Inclusively, a Firm Serving Job-Seekers with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the<strong> January 8 <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>A<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>A<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>S<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>C<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>E<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>N<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>D<\/strong><\/span> <strong>Job Club,<\/strong> we will hear from <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Inclusively,<\/span><\/strong> a tech-centered employment platform for jobseekers with disabilities. Inclusively&#8217;s brings together diverse people from various disability and employment communities, to drive inclusive hiring and best practices among employers who are committed to helping employees succeed from the start, based on their unique skills and required accommodations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inclusively currently counts 20,000+ jobseekers among its registered Candidates and ~40 Employers, from Accenture, Dell, Microsoft, and Salesforce, to small and medium companies across a growing number of sectors. You can get more information and register for free as a jobseeker at <a href=\"https:\/\/inclusively.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inclusively.com\">inclusively.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speaker will be <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Meghan Smithgall, <\/span><\/strong>leader of Inclusively&#8217;s Strategic Partnerships team that seeks ways to better serve jobseekers and those who support them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color:#624800\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The Zoom meeting URL and password will be sent to people on our email list as the date approaches. <strong><em>No registration is necessary.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color:#624800\" class=\"has-inline-color\">If you are not on <\/span><span style=\"color:#614700\" class=\"has-inline-color\">our email list, click<\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=45b240034405a1b47948a710d&amp;id=a3632f7d57\">here<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#644a01\" class=\"has-inline-color\">to sign up.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"254\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Meghan-Smithgall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3706\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before joining Inclusively, Meghan consulted on program development for various women\u2019s leadership and arts organizations, and she ran the <strong>Center for Health &amp; Humanitarian Systems<\/strong> at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. In her early career, she spent 3 years in Madrid, Spain earning an MA and working for various arts organizations. Meghan is deeply committed to <strong>mental health advocacy, <\/strong>self-discovery and growth as someone with ADHD and an eating disorder. She resides in Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual at AASCEND meetings,&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"color:#016440\" class=\"has-inline-color\">attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who: Adults on the spectrum, family, professionals and friends all welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When:<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> Saturday, Jan 8, 2022 10 &#8211; 11 am<code> (approx)<\/code><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Where: <\/b><font color=\"#cf2e2e\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(207, 46, 46); font-weight: 600;\">Online<\/span><\/font><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> via Zoom,<\/span><b> <em>URL and password will be emailed.<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the January 8 AASCEND Job Club, we will hear from Inclusively, a tech-centered employment platform for jobseekers with disabilities. Inclusively&#8217;s brings together diverse people from various disability and employment communities, to drive inclusive hiring and best practices among employers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=3705\">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-3705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}