Tools: Employment
The Tools You Need
These are our favorite resources we've gathered to incorporate into our work aimed at helping people with disabilities achieve their employment goals.
S’Cool Store – Small Business Conceptsintroduce students with disabilities to small business concepts as they work through setting a goal, developing a business plan, and putting the plan into action. From the State of Alaska Vocational Rehabilitation.
Career One-StopYour source for career exploration, training, and jobs.
Classroom Activities & Worksheets: Find a JobActivities and worksheets about job searching and work-readiness information. From Minnesota Programs of Study.
Career Clustersframework used by many schools and state agencies to organize career information including employment and wage data, education and training assignments, and projected job openings.
Photo Career QuizThis super-quick quiz doesn't require any reading at all—just choose the images that appeal to you most and discover how your choices can point you toward your ideal career.
Career One-Stop: Find Your InterestsTell us what you like to do and what you don’t like to do. We’ll show you careers that fit your interests.
Career Clusters Interest SurveyEveryone has a different way to describe themselves and what they like to do. This survey lets you rate activities you enjoy, your personal qualities, and school subjects you like. Then you can see which career clusters are a match for your interests.
Employment Resource Guide for YouthA guide to successfully prepare students with disabilities for competitive integrated employment. From the Minnesota Department of Education and the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
Tips & Steps for Job Coaching Students with Disabilitiesfrom the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities
What is a Job Coach? An Overview of the Role of a Job Coach in the Workplacefrom Project E3: Educate, Empower, and Employ.
Instructional Strategies for Acquisition and Maintenance of Customized Job Tasksfor Project E3: Educate, Empower and Employ – the technical assistance center for targeted communities. Presented by Tim Riesen, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Center for Persons with Disabilities and the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Utah State University.
Innovative Job Placement Strategiesfor Project E3: Educate, Empower and Employ – the technical assistance center for targeted communities. Presented by Ashley Johnson Cross of BIG Consulting.
The Effectiveness of Customized Employment for Transition-age Youth with Disabilitiesfor Project E3: Educate, Empower and Employ – the technical assistance center for targeted communities. Presented by Jennifer McDonough, M.S., Project Director, Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
Who Can Assist Me with Developing a Resume?A list of (mostly) brick and mortar agencies who can assist you in your resume development. Published by Career Connect.
Interview Preparation: Common Interview Questions for Job Seekers with Vision LossAn interview preparation guide for job seekers with vision loss. From CareerConnect.
Getting a Job! for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of HearingOnline training modules developed and designed for students who are deaf and hard of hearing, and the professionals who work with them.
Transition to Work: Program Activity GuideA WIOA program activity guide created specifically for teens who are visually impaired. Created for community rehabilitation program providers, vocational rehabilitation agencies, and teachers of students working to improve employment outcomes for teens and young adults. From CareerConnect.
Ticket to Work: Meet Your Employment TeamAccess to Employment Support Services for Social Security Disability Beneficiaries Who Want to Work
Employability Skills TrainingFrom Project E3: Social skills enable people to get along with others and create meaningful relationships in a community or in society. Employability skills training increases a person’s ability to work with others and function socially. It also teaches them how to adjust to workplace expectations, including written and unwritten rules and social norms.
Accommodation and Compliance Series: Job Coachesfrom the Job Accommodation Network
DRIVE: Data and Resources to Inspire a Vision of EmploymentThe LEAD Center focuses on promoting innovation in policy, employment, and economic advancement to advance individual and systems level change for all people with disabilities.