Customized employment maximizes workflow and workplace efficiency. Most employers already use some of these strategies by providing accommodations and work assignments to benefit from workers’ strengths, aptitudes and capacities. Job customization is an extension of a company's existing skills and its capacity to increase productivity, profitability and performance.
Service provider
- Determine potential new employee’s vocational profile
- Research and visit target businesses
- Identify opportunities for customized employment
- Create a new specific position from selected tasks
Employer
- Recognize potential increases in efficiency by modifying job task allocations
- Identify sets of tasks to reallocate from specialized workers to the customized job position
- Explore further opportunities to increase the company’s service level through job customization
- Create a new job description to meet organizational needs
New employee with disabilities
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HIRE for TALENT has made every effort to use the most respectful words possible while writing these materials. We realize, however, that the most appropriate terminology may change over time. We developed these materials with the intent to respect the dignity and inherent rights of all individuals.
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True or false
An employer willing to modify work assignments to increase productivity, profitability and performance to fit workers’ strengths, aptitudes and capacities is using job customization strategies.
True. The job customization process reallocates specialized workers' tasks to a customized job position.
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