Success Stories
Kurt Dotterweich
Jim Lapke, president of RelComm Technologies, sat with his partner in the food court of the Centre at Salisbury and admired a custodian cleaning tables and bins. The enthusiasm and attention to detail caught his eye.
Jim didn’t know that the worker, Kurt Dotterweich, cleaned with such consistent zeal that he had been honored as Worker of the Quarter by the Centre – an award that carried a cash prize and was coveted by 80 peers.
Kurt had also been named Employee of the Year by LSE.
That award-winning enthusiasm showed through, however, and Jim said to his partner, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could hire him?”
Two years later, Jim did.
Today, Kurt Dotterweich cleans to the demanding needs of the high tech manufacturing industry. Relcomm managers care about dirt and dust, because they threaten the quality of its transformers.
When employers appreciate the quality of workers at other firms, those workers are doing something right.
Kurt has a lot of reasons to be proud.
Inside Works
Salisbury University's Dining Services department proved how workers with disabilities compete and win in the market for jobs. When the department advertised 20 job openings at the start of one semester, it received over 300 applications. In the end, six of the workers hired had disabilities and were represented by LSE. Those six workers beat over 280 other applicants for those jobs.
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