SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Affiliated Computer
Services, Inc. will receive the Golden Key Employer of the Year Award for
2008 from the office of Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Friday. The award
recognizes outstanding contributions and practices that improve employment
opportunities for people with disabilities.
The ceremony will take place tomorrow, October 3, in the Alpine
Ballroom of the Hilton Salt Lake City Center beginning at 11:30 a.m. The
Hilton is located at 255 South West Temple.
ACS has hired more than 135 people with disabilities since a pilot
program began in March. ACS works with agencies that support people with
disabilities who refer appropriate candidates to ACS for possible hiring.
"ACS is honored to receive the 2008 Golden Key Employer of the Year
Award," said Lora Villarreal, chief people officer for ACS. "This award
symbolizes our commitment to giving all people an opportunity, no matter
how society chooses to label them. We look beyond the label and directly at
the individual."
Kyle Woodruff, 28, is a blind employee working locally for ACS. He is a
customer care representative working 40 hours a week and when working with
callers, he uses a text recognition system that reads words on his computer
screen out loud. The system also translates text into Braille displayed on
a special monitor for Kyle. Kyle's professionalism and skills have allowed
him to expand his responsibilities to help train new employees.
"It's great to work at a company where they look beyond my disability,"
said Kyle. "To ACS I am a person with skills, not a person with a
disability. I have just as much opportunity at ACS as anybody else."
The Utah Governor's Committee on Employment of People with
Disabilities, Chambers of Commerce, and their partners selects the winners.
The awards recognize the outstanding contributions and practices that
promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Some of the
practices include: efforts made to provide accommodations, training for
managers, supervisors, or line staff to ensure effective working
relationships, commitment to hire people with disabilities, advancement
opportunities within the company, efforts to promote positive awareness
among all employees.
ACS, employing more than 2100 people in Utah, provides ongoing training
to employees and managers regarding hiring, managing, and promoting people
with disabilities.
ACS has a dedicated team of six recruiters helping more than 28 ACS
locations in the US to recruit, hire, and promote people with disabilities.
In six months, the team of diversity recruiters has established
partnerships with state and local vocational rehabilitation agencies and
organizations such as community and local government groups, college
disability services offices, self-advocacy, independent-living
organizations, as well as veterans' organizations and others that provide
services to people with disabilities.
About ACS
ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 65,000 people supporting client
operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process
outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial
and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at
http://www.acs-inc.com.
SOURCE Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Media Relations, Chris Gilligan, Corporate
Communications Manager of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.,
+1-859-389-2412, chris.gilligan@acs-inc.com
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