Robert J McInnes
A human services professional
with over 20 years of experience in management and innovative program design -
focused on issues of employment and diversity.
Developer of innovative
program designs, including:
Skills Training Partnership Program - An
initiative that brings together companies, community agencies and educational
institutions to develop job-targeted training opportunities for people with
employment barriers.
Prospects: The Mentors Program - A program that recruits private and
public sector professionals to serve as job search mentors for job seekers from
diversity groups.
Corporate Training Partners Program - A program that secures free access,
to job seekers with employment barriers, to the internal training programs of
private sector employers.
Encounters: An Introduction to Employment and Disability - A one-day
training seminar for corporate recruiters, supervisors, and coworkers.
Editor/Co-author of several
publications, including:
An Emerging Workforce: Strategies to Employ People with
Disabilities
Focus on Ability: An Employers' Handbook on Employment and Disability
Working Solutions: The Employers' Companion on Disability and Employment
Meeting Future Workforce Needs (Institute
on Rehabilitation Issues)
Positions held include:
Management Consultant,
Diversity World
February 1999 - present (part-time)
Training, consulting and products related to workforce diversity and
inclusive workplaces.
www.diversityworld.com
Diversity
Consultant, IBM: Coordinator of
California Business Leadership Network
April 1999 - 2003
Coordinate the development of this state-wide network of companies working
to improve their effectiveness at employing people with disabilities. www.cabln.org
Chief Executive Officer, Project HIRED Inc.
May 1995 - Feb. 1999
Directed the operations of this community-based nonprofit organization that
annually assists over 300 people with disabilities to secure regular and
temporary employment positions within Silicon Valley companies. www.projecthired.org
Executive Director, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work
Jan. 1986 - April 1995
Directed the operations of this nation-wide alliance of corporations, community
organizations, educational institutions and government agencies - to enhance
workforce diversity and to achieve more equitable workforce participation by
people with disabilities. www.ccrw.org
Chief Executive Officer, Versatech Industries Inc.
Aug. 1980 - Jan. 1986
Directed the operations of this local community-based organization that annually
provided employment-related services to 250 men and women with developmental
disabilities.
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