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We like to think work is always rewarded some people who do good work.

Can't get their foot in the door in the first place. That's where some recent hiring initiatives that look beyond unfair stereotypes come in as Lee Cowan will report in our cover story when tech giant Microsoft used world.

Three years ago to announce it was growing up, I would program the higher artistic work is something in response, it was off the hook had over 700 resumes within a few weeks. I want to say having this job change your wife has completely turned around changing face of workplace diversity on Sunday.

I was out for the envelope plays for best original screenplay Oscar the duo that wrote the big sick will be as one in anticipation much as they are in real life as Leslie Stahl shows us that it's a little Gordon have had their lives turned upside down.

The big sick leave he Gordon and command on Johnny we were aimed and cried. She's going okay before but decided to try and tell basically together on Sunday morning the true story of the big sick minded couples at the workplace working out has always involved a certain amount of tact and discretion, and in the current climate that's more true than ever.

As Tony to Coble discovered it used to be that the office was the place you might meet the future so used to be that climate today, things are more gray than ever. Not at companies like Southwest Airlines stocks involved fly working it out later on Sunday morning. Helena Chow samples one can a seller's sweet success Brooks Silva Braga asks if Lincoln really slept here and Connor Knighton's island hopping once again this morning you set a most romantic spot of the coast of Wales, all coming up when our Sunday morning podcast continues the words that work are always good for an employee to hear of course to receive that praise you first have to be an employee which one group of talented but underrated people has often been a challenge until now Lee Cowan reports our cover story 27-year-old Christopher Paul had it all figured out when it came to looking for a job so all of these are all the people he said resumes to yes will give a detailed spreadsheet each and every position he applied for many early 600 but despite his degree in computer science from California Polytechnic State University. He went to years barely a nibble print discourage my gosh, my morale. Roy start had dropped towards that. There were days where a leader article allocations at all or simply not apply to smarts from those jobs. He was a former spelling bee champ Christopher struggles with social and communication skills because he is also autistic. Precise numbers are hard to come by.

By some estimates, at least 80% of adults with autism are unemployed, you know, their IQs are often well above average call at night and dreams sometimes their job skills can present themselves in unique way. Christopher its videogame ability to recognize patterns as acute attention to detail both hallmarks wanted make this please and they are the same skills.

He was hoping would impress prospective employee computer program but he always had to get past that you challenged was or any in any of those interviews at time where you just wanted to tell somebody what I know my social skills maybe aren't quite what you expect, like I know I can do this job and I know I can do a really good job if you give me a chance. Yes you never said most the time. No, because why I just wasn't comfortable come across as desperate Microsoft. However, there was no need to hide his looking for the talent pool that really hasn't been topped Jenny Flory is the chief accessibility officer really is and lost a lot of tension on the table that sent to us that we were missing out we are missing out on an opportunity to bring talent in the way it sounds like this was almost a business imperative. Heck, people with disabilities are a strength and a force of nature in this company, myself included, Flory was profoundly deaf communicates by reading lips and working with an interpreter. She helped create a hiring program for Microsoft in 2015 yeah designed to better identify candidates with artistic talents sell instead of the traditional job interview focusing so heavily on social skills base.

The company has replaced it with a vetting process that last for weeks and teambuilding exercises like this demonstration called the marshmallow champ being able to watch a candidate in that environment opposed to sitting across the table interviewing them makes all the difference in the world.

Every different every day in any company annual you cannot be asked to work with someone else to figure out a problem with my challenge.

They're not as self-conscious that they are being observed for job its marshmallows.

After Christopher went through a similar unconventional interview process back in 2016.

Microsoft quickly hired as a software engineer like all the is manager printer well since he was immediately impressed by Christopher's out-of-the-box thinking are faced with problems solutions. Those are some. And always, brings new insights and have a creative mind always bring something new to the team, which is exactly why you like that's what you're looking for some ideas. It's catching on last April, 50 big-name companies, including J.P. Morgan Ford and Ernst & Young came together for a summit on how to bring more autistic adults into the workforce. We know it SAP that innovation really happens at the edges. It was hosted at the Silicon Valley campus of German software maker SAP. SAP was one of the first large companies to reach out to the artistic community. It started its autism network program almost 5 years ago and since then it's hired 128 people on the spectrum with the goal of hiring more than 600.

I have been in this industry for close to 30 years and I can tell you is probably the single most rewarding program that I have been involved with Velasco heads the program. The biggest surprise for him. He says has been the variety of candidates apply very quickly without getting restless for people that have degrees in history and literature in graphic design attorneys hold wide array of jobs are really the thinking that, but people thought is only good at certain jobs. This which ended up discovering as they get older they are good at just about every role they're expected to perform in those roles just like anyone and everyone speaks English and Mike's rescue for examples hired three years ago and works in cybersecurity and SAP's office outside Philadelphia. We were visiting was helping my get ready for a long stint at the company world headquarters in Germany. If you would've told me six years ago that we would have an employee who was openly autistic in the company going on a business trip to Germany for a month.

I would've have not believed I'm still looking for the document. Almost everyone is been surprise he says he points to 26-year-old Gloria Mendoza, you should see some of the videos I had when I was a child I was not very socially skilled with the other kids not showing interest with other people displaying some of the challenging behaviors that a child in the autism spectrum would have when she was beginning to worry so much because I never thought she would sign with a company that her parents Rosario and Henrique Mendoza get Gloria years of speech and occupational therapies as well as access to top doctors. Gloria made huge strides in her childhood but her parents were still concerned about how autism might affect her future though life is independent. She made it through both high school and college back she got to degrees from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania one in music is a beautiful singing voice and another sign and yet year after graduating hundreds of resumes later. She still couldn't find a job until she applied to SAP.

Probably the best part about working here is that I can use the skills which I have studied whilst being among people that understand who I am and Helen different from everybody else. SAP put Gloria through five weeks of training which included working on her social skill.

George is now in something called digital business service now. Are there any more. Further questions or incidents you want me to where she deals directly with customer was the one dream they really want. Probably that I can be really up there in my department earning a lot of money and still keeping the friends that I have friends or mostly coworkers in the autism program and they try to get together regularly and how you place never really had that many friends when I was younger and having this wide variety of friends that understand makes all the difference for me. How so because I can express myself in ways that people know and it turns out that a lot of people have common interests, as I do see people's retention rate of about 90%.

Autistic employees are that maybe the fact that there just set adrift in the workplace all along. Each participant in the program is assigned a mentor from within the company's are like an on-site gardening city feel pretty comfortable and good to go. So far Gabby Robertson calling cousin spectrum volunteered to work with Gloria.

It's just that the rewards of getting to be friends with these colleagues have autism. It's not something you get your typical corporate day-to-day experience. Chris Microsoft also has mentors lunch Melanie karma seen on works with Christopher who has a personal connection as well. She has a son who's autistic.

What if you take away from this whole experience personal hope. I think that this program gives hope to the autism community gives hope to parents like me and gives hope to people like my son that a company can and will look past their differences and see their gifts and and let them contribute to society just like everybody else, is now independent living on his own in a high-rise apartment. Something always want to ask how much are you making doing pretty good. Yes give her magic to be making no honestly, I would've been happy with like half. Moneymaking now the car drives himself to work first time he says looks forward to arriving at a place he's accepted for who you shuffle the deck. He knows there are still challenges ahead. Given a chance to prove his worth. Since Christopher is given him an optimism never if other kids or young adults or adults with autism are watching this what you put your message.

Don't give up and make sure it's always in high.name in the middle no shoot for the stars every time you never know what might happen Sunday morning on February 11, 2005. 13 years ago today. The day physicist and engineer Samuel Alderson died 90 safety advocates honor Alderson to this day for developing the very first test device popularly known as the dummy back in 1968 and down with the dimensions, weight and flexible joints of an actual human being � nominees have endured countless tasks over the decades since. Also, make travel safer for the rest of us crash dummies really hit the big time in the 1980s service announcements regarding various disasters help drive home advantages bungling. Larry retired from the PSA circuit back in 1999.

Their costumes live on as part of the collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American history currently clashed on the PSA campaign is credited with increasing seatbelt use more than five saving some 85,000 lives long island hopping into a scenic spot. It's all about love West Coast's lovely sound when a special place in the hearts of Welsh lovers was here synced with the Welsh patron saint of lovers lived out her days praying for romantics everywhere to find happiness.

She never did well celebrate synced women's day on January 25 and if you want to show your sweetheart that you really love you don't get them chocolates or flowers or jewelry you get them.

Thomas is a woodcarver who specializes in the art of Welsh love spins is a Welsh tradition which dates back to the 17th century, spoons were called by young men and offered to the young ladies that they were courting, and if accepted, they were then regarded as tokens of engagement all betrothal Thomas made his first simple spoon in 1969 as a gift for his girlfriend. I thought that I wouldn't help call to save myself having to buy an engagement ring that spoon worked its magic and Thomas has been making increasingly elaborate utensils every year to commemorate his life, together with his wife. This is important to smooth spoons to rough spoons the rough and smooth of my life as a wedding is not all really smooth is all going to be rough.

Each spoon starts as a single piece of wood. After drawing and cutting out Thomas will spend hours crafting custom spoons for couples may not be as handy as he is.

Each one is a labor of love.

I know you gently relax your hand as you see the white locks. That's it just tucked in. You can say a lot with a spoon.

Each twist, each not signifies something important you putting little stories putting messages into your spoons castle Welsh craps in the capital city of Cardiff owner Bob Rice guides his customers. The language of love.

Spoon then with the way you this is one of the radio symbols he was saying. I will work for you. The anchor is one of the oldest symbols and anger might symbolize steadfast love lock the promise of a new home: number of seeds in the cage is often used to represent how many children a couple would like to have so some guy come goes home with undies had one done with six figures and look out these decorative objects. Functional the spoon itself is a symbol what you do with the spoon mixing and blending so spoon mixing and blending way to say I love you instead of take a minute to catch up our cover story last weekend on girls joining the Boy Scouts spark some pushback from the Girl Scouts. Shame on CBS Sunday morning for portraying girls in your Boy Scout segment as mere time belongs to their brothers is a tweet from the Girl Scouts. Twitter account.

A point reinforced by former journalist and Girl Scouts. Board member Jan Hopkins given the current time. She writes it is especially important that girls are in a safe and nurturing environment for the record Tony to Coble story was about the changing face of the Boy Scouts. Braver, did a piece about the Girl Scouts back in 2002 and we did talk with Girl Scout CEO Sylvia Azevedo in last Sunday's report on the subject of complaints, retired Army Chief Petty Officer Eric Simmons of Petaluma, California sandlot message pointing out that a recent almanac our story on West Point's infamous eggnog riot featured the music of semper Puranas the official song of the US Coast Guard. Of course everyone knows the Army service song as the Army goes rolling along which goes like this working out on the job as a day-to-day reality for any couple involved in a workplace romance, particularly these days Tony to Coble has been talking to some of the couples who've been making it work in Hershey Pennsylvania.

The rush is on. Those are all Hershey's kisses close to a billion will be made just for this Valentine's Day and you needn't even bigger dose of something sweet. Watch their develop your sign language that one that's been that yeah is that this means I love you when we walk in the work together and he goes to go out the door. We just kind of like that to each other.

Kay and Rob Wegner met on their first day at work we were sitting in orientation is building. I look back at pretty girl back there.

The rest is history. They fell in love on the factory floor. I was always laughing at you like that. He pulled down over his face and he and the candy would keep up this funny stuff like that.

They been coworkers now for 22 years for 21 of those years.

They've also husband and wife and they're not alone in Hershey's love and work mix about as well is milk and cocoa. The modern workplace is one of America's most reliable matchmakers.

It brought together Michelle and Barack Obama Bill and Melinda Gates and happily. I also met my wife work in the makeup at NBC.

As newlyweds were still building our future still possible in this day and age to have a romance like yours at work I do.

If you believe in love on the clock so that climate today. Ashley things are more gray than ever. Rosemary Haefner is the chief human resources officer for career builder matchmaker for employers and employees according to their latest survey, only about 1/3 of people have dated a coworker or will admit to it, the lowest in 10 years organization is going to decide what's best for them. Some say no dating. Some say identify yourself.

HR thought a lot of contract. Yes, a love contract, otherwise known as a consensual romance in the workplace agreement in response to the me to movement of people with stories of sexual harassment and worse