Individuals With Disabilities : Career Support Resources
The Online Career Service Teams goal is enhancing the career preparation cycle to ensure that disabled students and alumni receive the knowledge and career information they need to secure stable, high-paying jobs in the future workforce.
- Federal Employment – Disability Employment Resources: Hiring people with disabilities into Federal jobs is fast and easy. People with disabilities can be appointed to Federal jobs non-competitively through a process called Schedule A. Learn how to be considered for Federal jobs under the noncompetitive process.
- abilityJOBS – A leading website dedicated to the employment of people with disabilities; offers job postings as well as a resume bank for candidates.
- ADDA Workplace Committee
- Careers and the DisABLED Magazine – This site contains job postings, a list of companies who are actively recruiting, and a resume database.
- Disabled Person – A job board that contains thousands of active job postings from all over the U.S.
- Chronically Capable – A job board for those living with chronic illness and disabilities
- Federal Jobs for People with Disabilities – This website provides helpful information and resources for those targeting disability employment with Federal agencies.
- Getting Hired – A job search tool featuring employers committed to hiring individuals and veterans with disabilities.
- HERC (Higher Education Recruitment Consortium) Jobs Page– Lists jobs at colleges and universities across the country (alliance to increase hiring of people with disabilities).
- Hire Disability Solutions – A job search website for people with disabilities.
- The Lime Network – Job search information, resources, and opportunities for students/alumni with disabilities.
- Recruit Disability Job Board
- USAJobs – Federal job opportunities and unique hiring paths for individuals with disabilities
- The Viscardi Center – Programs and services that educate, employ and empower individuals with disabilities.
- Workplace Diversity – Job search and news for all aspects of diversity.
- Specialisterne – This staffing firm works with companies to hire candidates with accessibility needs across organizations such as Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, IBM, and others. A great way to learn what companies are looking for AND their services are free of charge for students.
- JAN – Job Accommodation Network: JAN is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations.
- Organization for Autism Research
- American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) – Offers a summer internship program for students and recent graduates.
- Autistic Self-Advocacy Network – Freddie Mac Internship Program – Paid internship opportunities for recent graduates or current students who are on the autistic spectrum.
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – Office of VSA and Accessibility serves youth with disabilities interested in pursuing careers in the arts, art administration, and arts education.
- Smithsonian Internship – Internships for people with disabilities at the world’s largest museum system via the Accessibility Program (AP).
- U.S. International Council on Disabilities: Youth in International Development and Foreign Affairs DC Internship Program – A summer program in Washington, DC for students with disabilities who are interested in the international development field.
- The College Internship Program – CIP is one of the most comprehensive programs in the world empowering young adults with learning differences to succeed in college, employment, and independent living.
- The Lime Connect Fellowship Program
- Workforce Recruitment Program – Gain career development and potential work experience in Federal Government and use your skills and talents to serve the public.
- Entry Point Program – AAAS – Entry Point! is the signature program of the AAAS Project on Science, Technology, and Disability. It was designed to increase the diversity of the science and engineering workforce by involving students and scientists with disabilities throughout all STEM education and career pathways.
- ADDitude
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders
- Association on Higher Education and Disability
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- National Center for College Students with Disabilities
- National Organization on Disability
- SNHU Office of Online Accessibility (oac@snhu.edu)
- Disability:IN
