Chesterfield Business Finds Success with Diverse Workforce
Patch talked with Metlife's Chesterfield office about their experience hiring an individual with a developmental disability through St. Louis-based non-profite LifeSkills.
For LifeSkills Vice President of Marketing and Communication Kristi Mattison, it’s easy to see that most people all want the same thing. “We all want the right to have meaningful lives and for many of us that’s a job,” Mattison said. “For individuals with developmental disabilities, it’s no different.” Mattison and her colleagues at LifeSkills were busy promoting that message in October, which was National Disabilities Employment Awareness Month. One of the core missions of the non-profit organization is to place individuals with developmental disabilities in jobs by providing them with work and life skills training, job coaching and placement services, and ongoing support. In this effort, LifeSkills has placed approximately 900 people …
