Mentors: Employers
Employer Testimonials
"It affords other businesses the opportunity to show the community what different businesses have to offer. It affords students with the opportunity to see what a great variety of businesses have to offer."
"Disability Mentoring Day reinforces my opinion that if a person wants to do something, regardless of their limitations, he or she will do so."
Anita Hinka,
Bureau of Business Enterprises
Jacksonville
"I had a really good experience [on Disability Mentoring Day]. Mentees presented themselves in a professional manner. I was really pleased that they asked a ton of questions which demonstrates their interest in one day joining the workforce."
Sonia Menedez
Goodwill Industries
Miami
"[Disability Mentoring Day] gives exposure to an unfamiliar work environment and provides mentees with an idea of careers that may be of interest to them in the future."
Camille Summers
98.5 WTKT Radio Station
Gainesville
"I believe that [Disability Mentoring Day] is a small way to give back to the community. Helps your particular industry grow and gain interest by bringing in new blood."
Tony Saladrigas
Meineke Auto Center
Miami, FL
" [Disability Mentoring Day] allows mentees to receive direct experience. It also allows them to see if what they read about different professions is really true. Disability Mentoring Day helps students with choosing their career path successfully."
[Disability Mentoring Day] made me aware of what changes needed to be made in certain areas of the hospital (i.e. the labs) in order for these areas to be more accessible to the disabled."
Tom Chmielewski
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
"The students where very enthusiastic about getting to spend the day with us in some of our department; very well behaved and eager to learned all that we had to teach them. We tried to make it a fun day as well as a learning experience we made them ID Badges, give them company t-shirts and had cake and ice cream for them at the end of the day and they enjoyed that so much."
"[Disability Mentoring Day] is a way to prepare our children for the "World of Work" by giving them the opportunity to experience it first hand. Also it allowed them to experience the many different careers associated with County Government."
"My perception has always been to employ individuals with disabilities because they are a vital part of our community and supply us with a strong employment base."
Diane Clinton
Human Resources Board of County Commission
Ocala, FL