{"id":4940,"date":"2024-12-15T20:16:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T04:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2025-01-05T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T06:17:08","slug":"job-opportunities-for-the-neurodiverse-at-cvs-and-other-major-retailers-and-pharmacies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=4940","title":{"rendered":"Job Opportunities for the Neurodiverse at CVS and Other Major Retailers and Pharmacies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\"><em>Here is a video<\/em> <\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/yIYwm8VXW3h5M5uul7-xTNkid3E7w4b5jkz89x6NIoVWlIAhhSxsdry11Fp5t9L6.nN4k8gDTpOAtdiVm\">recording<\/a> <em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">of this event.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">On December 21\u00a0<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">A<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">A<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">S<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">C<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">E<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0754e3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">N<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">D<\/mark>&#8216;s Job Club<\/strong>\u00a0presents\u00a0<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Marques Hancock,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/mark>speaking online via Zoom about job opportunities for neurodiverse workers with CVS Health and similar companies. Mr. Hancock is Workforce Initiatives Manager with CVS Health, where he oversees CVS workforce initiatives in Northern California, the\u00a0Central Valley, and 6\u00a0Midwest states.\u00a0In addition, Mr. Hancock serves as a co-leader to the Abilities in Abundance council.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Job Club Advisor Dan Middleton and Job Club Facilitator Michael Bernick will also discuss the job application process at Amazon and other major retailers, who have neurodiversity hiring initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hancock_Marques2023-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hancock_Marques2023-2-1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hancock_Marques2023-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hancock_Marques2023-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before joining CVS Health, Mr. Hancock worked as a corporate recruiter for RX Relief, one of the largest pharmaceutical staffing firms in the US .&nbsp;\u200bAs an accomplished professional with a diverse background in recruiting, employer development, and workforce development, Marques brings a wealth of expertise and strategic insight to the hiring process.<br><br> As usual at AASCEND meetings,&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#028f5b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who:&nbsp;<\/strong>Autistic adults, family members and&nbsp;professional&nbsp;who work with them are all&nbsp;welcome.<br><strong>When:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sat Dec 21,&nbsp;10 &#8211; 11am<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>Where:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Online via Zoom,&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong>link will be emailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@aascend.org\">info@aascend.org<\/a>&nbsp;with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a video recording of this event. On December 21\u00a0AASCEND&#8216;s Job Club\u00a0presents\u00a0Marques Hancock,\u00a0speaking online via Zoom about job opportunities for neurodiverse workers with CVS Health and similar companies. Mr. Hancock is Workforce Initiatives Manager with CVS Health, where he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=4940\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4940"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4954,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4940\/revisions\/4954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}