Employment Resources

• Bender Consulting Services: Bender Consulting assists with recruiting and hiring people with disabilities for competitive career opportunities in the public and private sectors.
• Job Accommodation Network: The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability, and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent that people with disabilities add to the workplace.
• MoneyGeek's Guide for Job Seekers and Workers with a Disability: This guide offers tips to help individuals find a job, provides advice on staying gainfully employed, and includes guidance that can help disabled workers talk with an existing employer about making reasonable accommodations.
• Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP): ODEP provides articles and resources on national leadership focused on disability and employment policy. Disclosing a Disability is their guide to learning the Why, When, What, and How of disclosing (or not disclosing) your disability.
• The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): AAPD hosts a variety of summer internship opportunities and job readiness workshops for students and recent graduates with disabilities. Internship applications usually are posted to the AAPD website each fall semester. Please contact your assigned Accessible Education staff person if you need any assistance in applying or if you have questions.
• Workforce Recruitment Program: The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) is a recruitment and referral program that connects federal and private-sector employers nationwide with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to demonstrate their abilities in the workplace through summer or permanent jobs. Agnes Scott College is registered as a participating institution so students registered with the Office of Accessible Education will have the opportunity to participate in this program. Please be on the look out for additional information sent to your ASC email account.