The Viscardi Center offers a variety of services for businesses – from providing qualified candidates with disabilities to helping increase capacity to hire, retain and advance people with disabilities to making digital content accessible to all and providing a state-of-the-art, fully accessible conference and production facility for meetings and training.
Employment Placement Services
Our dedicated team of professionals carefully prescreens job candidates, who are initially entering or re-entering the workforce, to ensure their skills meet or exceed the qualifications and needs of the hiring companies. Our highly skilled candidates, with visible and non-visible disabilities, are qualified for positions at all corporate levels – from entry level to management to skilled laborers and certified professionals. Experts in the employment placement field, we are keenly aware of today’s evolving work environment and can assist companies of all industries and sizes, including federal contractors and subcontractors, in complying with ever changing hiring and workplace regulations.
For more information, contact: Mike Dolan, Director of Employment Placement Services, at mdolan@viscardicenter.org or 516-465-1546.
Disability Employment Source (DES)
The Viscardi Center also offers an online job portal to assist businesses with finding qualified candidates. The Disability Employment Source (DES): Your Resource for Qualified Candidates is a robust platform which connects employers with job seekers with disabilities across the country. Our platform is powered by cutting-edge technology and is simple to use for applicants and employers. The DES makes it easy for companies to post open positions and identify, reach, and hire people with disabilities with the specific skills they’re looking for in a candidate. Learn more about the Disability Employment Source.
Digital Accessibility Services
We help businesses meet evolving industry standards and best practices for document, web, and video accessibility. Our highly experienced accessibility team ensures Section 508, and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance using WCAG 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) standards, with fast turnaround time, secure file transfers, and competitive pricing. Learn more about our Digital Accessibility Services.
Viscardi Multimedia Learning Center
The Viscardi Multimedia Learning Center, a state-of-the-art, fully accessible conference and production facility, is available for rent. Perfect for meetings, conferences, training sessions and focus groups, it also offers open/closed captioning, audio description and CART (Communication Access Real-time Translation) Services.
Click here for more information about the Viscardi Multimedia Learning Center.