Best Buy 2008 New Freedom Initiative Award

Best Buy Co., Inc. was honored with a 2008 Secretary of Labor's New Freedom Initiative Award for its Employee Business Network called INCLUDE. Reflecting its slogan of "Focus on Abilities, not Disabilities," the group advocates for culture change by promoting employment opportunities, supportive services and accommodations for people with disabilities in a manner designed to benefit everyone-employees, customers, families and local communities.

Within months of its formation in 2006, INCLUDE received more than 300 inquiries regarding accommodations and other disability issues, many of which resulted in changes designed to improve employee and customer experiences. Examples are subtitling all training DVDs, adding coverage for hearing aids in the company-sponsored health plan, proactively targeting job candidates with disabilities and implementing disability awareness training for employees.

As part of the effort, Best Buy has also established strategic partnerships with disability organizations, including the Maryland School for the Deaf, Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities and the Minnesota Business Leadership Network. These partnerships and the overall success of INCLUDE are already translating into a competitive edge for Best Buy by closing gaps not only in its workforce, but also its customer base.

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Education

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• abilities
• disabilities
• deaf
• INCLUDE
• employment
• opportunities
• workforce
• BestBuy
• Best
• Buy
• NFI
• Award

[crazyemerica]

i have a work best buy i am deaf worker

[djkatscan]

Ahh, that DFM is not in the Agent uniform! :(