Job search advice for students and grads with disabilities

 

By day, Dan Cross is the Talent Acquisition Strategy Manager at Capital One. But a role he always embraces night and day is disability advocate. We posed a few questions to him and he gave some insightful tips for …

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How Scheduling Smarter Can Help Own Your Anxiety at the Office

The following is an excerpt from Own Your Anxiety: 99 Ways to Channel Your Secret Edge by Julian Brass.

You've probably had times like this: crazy busy weeks when anxiety rises in you and takes over. Or maybe you get …

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Job Searching With a Disability | How to Prepare for the Interview Process

For job seekers with disabilities, the job search may include questions and challenges that others may not regularly come up against. In addition to wondering whether the roles you’re applying for are a fit, you may also be concerned about …

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What Are Reasonable Accommodations at Work (and How to Request Them)?

Reasonable accommodations are adjustments to a hiring process, work environment, or job responsibilities so an employee with disabilities can apply for or perform their job. Depending on the type of disability, accommodations can look many different ways — from transcription …

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What is Ableism? | Confronting Ableism in the Workplace

Despite the significant number of people living with disability across the U.S.—and the world at large—widespread misconceptions about disability can cause ableist language and behavior to proliferate. 

But what is ableism, and how does it play out in the …

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Why students with disabilities should seek professors’ guidance in job searches

It can be overwhelming for any student to find an internship or entry-level job upon graduation. Students with disabilities are no exception and it can be even harder for them because some employers are less likely to hire those with …

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Advice for employers looking to onboard neurodivergent candidates

Recently, College Recruiter asked CEOs, HR leaders, and other people in the hiring sphere for their best advice for employers looking to improve their DEI by hiring students and recent grads with neurodivergence. Here’s what they had to say:

Advice …

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How to Make Your Virtual Meetings Accessible to All

Is your organization experienced in handling remote virtual meetings? Or are you still working out some kinks? No matter the case, you’ll want to make sure that attendees with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments can easily understand and participate.

Even …

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When employers say they want to hire diverse students, what do they mean?

Diversity in higher education encompasses a broad range of identities and backgrounds, including:

BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color): This term recognizes and emphasizes the unique experiences of black and indigenous communities in the context of broader racial and …

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5 Ways to Create an Accessible Work Environment

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 1.3 billion people have some form of a disability — that’s equal to 16% of the world’s population. But even with laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits …

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