Quick Links
Students with Disabilities
Chicago
- Anixter Center - Anixter Center is one of the Chicago area's largest human services agencies serving people with disabilities. The Center operates a broad range of employment programs for people with disabilities - everything from professional-level placement to job coaching and supported employment in the community.
- Ability Links - Chicago site.
Federal
- American Association for People with Disabilities
- Bender Consulting - Bender Consulting Services, Inc. (BCS) is a for-profit, Pittsburgh-based Information Technology consulting firm that focuses on employing IT professionals with disabilities.
- Federal Employment of People with Disabilities - Finding Federal employment or jobs for people with disabilities or handicapped, and everything you wanted to know about finding Federal employment.
- Federal Jobs for People with Disabilities - Jobs resources related to Schedules A and B, which are the federal government’s hiring options for people with disabilities.
- IBM Project Able - Diversity recruitment program offering people with disabilities the chance to explore IBM careers nationwide.
- Job Accommodation Network - a department of the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the US Department of Labor, maintains an excellent list of links to job search sites and resources.
- Mobility International USAL - International exchange and development opportunities for persons with disabilities.
- National Business & Disability Council - Leading national corporate resource for hiring, working with, and marketing to people with disabilities.
- National Industries for the Blind - NIB is a private, not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to enhance the opportunities for economic and personal independence of persons who are blind, primarily through creating, sustaining and improving employment.
- National Organization on Disabilities - has an excellent list of links to job search sites and resources.
- US Department of Labor Job Links - Contains links for all states to employers who have expressed interest in recruiting and hiring individuals with disabilities.
- U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Policy
Employment/Internship Web sites For People With Disabilities (compiled by Michael Unger/Office of Services for Students with Disabilities)
- JustOneBreak.com - “Just One Break” brings together the area’s leading employers and qualified applicants with disabilities to help meet or exceed business expectations
- AFB Career Connect - Employment planning for people who are blind or visually impaired
- eSight Careers Network - Connecting business leaders to talent in the disability community
- Makoa.org - Job training/placement/employment
- Equality Staffing - Employment opportunities
Job Search Sites for Students with Disabilities
- Access Careers - General resource.
- Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
- Careers and the disabled - maintains a list of companies actively recruiting undergrad's, graduates, and professionals with disabilities.
- Disability JobSite
- DisabilityInfo.gov: Employment - For people with disabilities, employment promotes greater independence and of workers with disabilities by providing guidance on job accommodations.
- Entry Point - A program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offering Outstanding Internship Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, and some fields of Business.
- Emerging Leaders
- Equal Opportunity Publication - Career guidance and recruitment publication.
- Goodwill Industries - lists job openings.
- Hire Potential - maintains a jobs list.
- Individual Disability Jobs - Individual Disability Jobs and employment for insurance. Individual job.
- Job Access - Jobs in all fields for people with disabilities. Can search by job field, keyword, location.
- Lift Inc.-Information - Technology Careers for Professionals who have Disabilities. .
- Monster Diversity and Inclusion -contains a large list of jobs. This is the regular Monster.com division of that lists job openings for people with disabilities.
- recruit ABILITY-both - individuals and corporations. You can now do Resume Posting, Job Posting and Resume Search.
- Virtual Library - Extensive list of resources.
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