Description
For many applicants with disabilities, successful job interviewing is an all-or-nothing battle with prejudiced, nondisabled employers who often operate in bureaucratic support systems and as a result, may have some acknowledged or hidden prejudices (Stone & Sawatzki, 1980). The frustration of job applicants with disabilities has real significance, especially considering the extraordinary unemployment rate of over 70% for the disabled population (Rubin, 1997). Because persons with disabilities, especially those who have the most visible disabilities such as paraplegia, Down syndrome, or closed head injury, are considered less attractive and less employable, they are often left in a perpetual state of social and economic dependency (Albrecht, 1992). This chapter argues that to break from this state of dependency, the applicant with a disability would benefit from using strategic communication during the employment interview to prove that she or he is employable despite the stigma or stereotypes that his or her disability might evoke.
Publication Date
2-1-2000
Keywords
Communication Studies, Faculty Works, Scholarship, Disability, Employment, Interviews, Disclosure, Uncertainty Reduction, Stigma Management
Department
Communication Studies
Recommended Citation
Herold, Kelly, "Communication Strategies in Employment Interviews for Applicants with Disabilities" (2000). Communication Studies Faculty Works. 7.
https://openriver.winona.edu/communicationstudiesfacultyworks/7
Unique Identifier
WSUCMSTFACWORKS-2000-Herold-Communication Strategies in Employment Interviews.pdf
