Matching qualified candidates with employers is what Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) is all about. OOD kicked off National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) with a job fair in Cincinnati this week. This event featured 251 OOD job seekers with disabilities interacting with 48 area employers looking to fill vacant positions.
OOD’s regional job fairs provide individuals with disabilities opportunities to connect with employers. The job fairs also raise awareness with employers about the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities by providing Windmills educational workshops to help Ohio businesses recruit a diverse workforce.
 Nineteen-year-old Anne, a recent high school graduate, was greeted by OOD Director Kevin Miller.
For job ready candidates,
making personal connections with employers at the job fairs has a big impact.
Chris, a job seeker from Cincinnati, was excited to see so many possible job opportunities, but was especially pleased with CVS. “I was offered a pharmacy technician position at a CVS in Cincinnati on the spot!” said Chris.
 Chris with CVS employees Carla Hawkins and Winnie Jeffrey.
Employers thought the
day was well organized and job seekers were prepared and qualified.
 Cintas employees Matt Birkenhauer, Faiza Askari and Stacey Callos.
Cintas employee Faiza Askari said, “There
are a lot of interested people who are very involved and engaged. Everybody is
well prepared to look for a job.”
This team of Cintas Human Resources employees frequently participate in job fairs and were surprised that for the first time, they ran out of flyers. "These people really came here to find jobs," said Stacey Callos.
Thanks to JobsOhio for their support and to our staff who worked hard to make this event a success.
This year, National Disability Employment Awareness Month's (NDEAM) theme is #InclusionWorks. To get more information on NDEAM, #InclusionWorks and OOD's job fairs, follow us on social media by visiting twitter.com/OhioOOD/ and facebook.com/OhioOOD. Stay tuned for highlights on next week's Cleveland job fair.
For more information on how OOD is promoting NDEAM, click here ood.ohio.gov/NDEAM.pdf
OOD’s
job ready status map was developed to show the number of individuals with
disabilities in each county who are served by OOD and are ready for
employment. The map is one of many tools OOD uses to provide information
to employers who are seeking employment candidates in their area.
In
addition, a list of the number of job ready participants by county is provided
as an accessibility feature for individuals who are visually impaired and may
not be able to view the map. To see the job ready status map, click here www.ood.ohio.gov/Job-Ready-Status-Map.
OOD’s
Division of Disability Determination (DDD) ended Federal Fiscal Year 2016 by
exceeding many of their production goals for the year. Remaining a top
performing state in the six state Chicago Region of the Social Security
Administration, Ohio produced 201,783 medical disability determinations for
Ohioans. That number of determinations represents the largest total in the
region and is an increase of more than 10,000 medical determinations from the
previous year for Ohio’s DDD.
It is
also important to note that in addition to serving these Ohioans, Ohio DDD
adjudicators achieved an accuracy rate of 96.5 percent and maintained the
lowest cost per case in the region, which was 5 percent lower than last year’s
rate. Ohio DDD is the fifth largest disability determination service in the
country and is consistently a top performing state in the region.
In an
effort to improve the state purchasing process to make it more efficient,
simpler and less costly, OOD recently sent staff to participate in the Next
Generation eProcurement initiative at the Ohio Department of Administrative
Services (DAS). This state initiative is a LeanOhio directed Kaizen event and
is meant to transform procurement in Ohio.
Kaizen is
the Japanese term meaning to break apart or change. Kaizen events reduce waste,
increase efficiency, save money and increase customer satisfaction. OOD will
continue to work with DAS to develop the future state of the Next Generation
eProcurement process.
In observance of Columbus
Day, OOD
offices will be closed on Monday, October 10th.
October
is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, which celebrates people with Down syndrome for
their abilities and accomplishments. For more information, visit www.ndss.org.
Vocational
Rehabilitation
Current
FFY2017
Individuals in Job Ready
Status:
2,972
136
(For
county level information
&
map visit our
website)
Individuals Employed:
2,370
94
(Employed,
not yet
successfully
closed)
Successful Closures:
153
(Employed
for over 90 days,
case
closed successfully)
Disability
Determination
(FFY2016
as of 09/30/2016 – Week 53)
Applications Received:
200,018
Determinations:
201,783
Productivity Per Work Year
(PPWY)
366.5
(Total
number of cases processed divided
by the number
of work years funded)
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