Category: Employment

Transition Preparation: College to Career for Students with Disabilities

You have the skills and the ability, but you also happen to have a disability. During your job search and on the job, you want your talents to shine through and the focus to be on all the things you can do. The Rochester Institute of Technology Career Advising and Cooperative Education office provides helpful information about job hunting  for students with disabilities.  Topics covered include:

  • Work-related Accommodations
  • Disclosing a Disability
  • Disclosure Preparation
  • Disclosure Pros, Cons, and Timing
  • Who to Tell
  • Disclosure Script
  • Your Employment Rights Under the ADA
  • Examples of prohibited employment practices under the ADA
  • Interviewing Tips
  • Before the Interview
  • During the Interview
  • Job Search Resources
  • General Resources
  • Agencies and Organizations
  • Networking Opportunities
  • Internships options for students with disabilities who….
  • Opportunities for individuals working in the federal government
  • Special opportunities for graduate school
  • Special opportunities for Veterans
  • Employers Committed to Hiring Job Seekers with Disabilities
  • Employment Perspectives Video Series: Recruiting, Hiring, Retaining People with Disabilities

To explore these topics, visit Job Seekers with Disabilities

The Untapped Power of a Diverse Workforce

This Prezi by Deb Dagit of  Deb Dagit Diversity LLC, was recently shared to illustrated some of the new features in Prezi.

Colorful and succinct “The Untapped Power of a Diverse Workforce”*, is suitable for educating faculty, administrators, and business leaders about the value of including individuals with disabilities in the workplace.

*A slightly different version, which includes animation, can be found at this link:  The Voice.

German Software Heavyweigh Hiring Individuals with Autism

SAP, a German software heavyweight, has announced that it plans to recruit hundreds of people with autism in a quest to staff the company with  employees who “think differently.”

The company plans to hire 650  people on the spectrum by 2020, which would account for about 1 percent of its multinational workforce. The plan has  already put the plan in motion in India and Ireland, where 11 individuals with autism are employed.

Germany’s largest organization for people with autism, Autismus Deutschland, applauded the move, calling it “groundbreaking.”