Students with Disabilities

Yale’s Office of Career Strategy is positioned to support students with disabilities as they pursue career opportunities that align with their professional goals. With specialized programming, resources, and advice, OCS advisors can guide students through the process of securing positions.

Yale’s Student Accessibility Services is the key Yale campus resource for students with disabilities.

Some employers may offer diversity recruitment programs aimed to address gaps in the workforce, and students are encouraged to research those programs to learn more.

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Living with Chronic Illness or Disability | Know Your Strengths

This article is from Idealist.org and is written by Nisha Kumar Kulkarni
Dec 4, 2020

The job search is already an anxiety-inducing endeavor, but it can also be demoralizing when you live with chronic illness or disability. You may be …

By Robyn Acampora
Robyn Acampora Director of Strategic Initiatives and Public Service Careers
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Step by Step Guide on Finding the Right Job: For Students with Disabilities

Here is a 20 page guidebook that can help students with disabilities with the job search process

Finding a job that is right for you: A practical approach to looking for a job as a person with a disability

Addresses …

By Robyn Acampora
Robyn Acampora Director of Strategic Initiatives and Public Service Careers
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Still Seeking a summer internship? Spring Break is a great time to add a Virtual Work Experience to your Resume!

Forage offers free short virtual work experiences with hundreds of companies. You do not need to apply and they typically take 5-9 hours to go through each work simulations which can then be added to your resume!

Includes companies like: …

By Robyn Acampora
Robyn Acampora Director of Strategic Initiatives and Public Service Careers
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Job Search Resources

Because of the undeserved stigma attached to disabled workers, individuals with disabilities often face incredible odds when searching for employment. …

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Search continually updated U.S. market trends to learn about job types (job functions), growth trends, and desired skills. The results will include general information about each job (functional area), employment trends from the past two years and projections for the next 10 years, employers that have that role, desired education level, skills for the position, and more!

TWO WAYS TO SEARCH:

  1. Find Career Data by Selecting Keywords: Enter keywords of various job titles and choose a state or search nationwide to learn more about that job.
  2. Filter by Industry and Occupation: Search by industry and choose among popular occupations/job titles within that industry.

First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

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