Talent Knows No Limits, A California public education resource for the employment of people with disabilities
Jobseeker

Register for Job Accommodation Network webcasts

June 12, 2012. Self-Employment Strategies for Persons with Disabilities

August 14, 2012. JAN Webcast: Managing Emotions in the Workplace: Victims, Villains, and Heroes

More information and registration

Using Your Resume to Rock the Interview

Hire Learning
A resume is a springboard for you to give details about your skills, experience and the unique perspectives you bring to the table. To help you put your best foot forward, here's a sample resume and responses to three typical interview questions. Read more

The Job Seeker's Toolkit

You'll find in-depth skill building information about how to prepare your resume, succeed at pre-employment testing and interviews, how to get accommodations, plus frank discussions about how and when to disclose a disability. Read more

 

 

 

 

 

Employer

How Companies Recruit People with Disabilities

Hire Learning
There are abundant ways in which companies can show genuine resourcefulness in employing more people with disabilities. Read more

Disability Employment in the Hospitality Industry: Human Resources Considerations

Customers favor companies that hire and accommodate employees with disabilities as shown by the fact that 93% of customers surveyed said they would prefer to patronize a business that has people with disabilities in its workforce, says a recent study on the hospitality industry. Read more

Upcoming JAN Webcasts

May 15, 2012. JAN Webcast: Providing Reasonable Accommodations to Employees with Mental Health Impairments

July 10, 2012. JAN Webcast: ADA Update
More information and registration

Interactive Tool Aims To Challenge Disability Employment Skeptics

In an effort to combat employer misconceptions, a new online tool is offering an estimate of the costs — and financial benefits — involved in hiring people with disabilities. Read more

service provider

A Chance to See Disabilities as Assets

New York Times
February 4, 2012

Few people know that Berkeley played a major role in the disability rights movement. It was here, also in the ’60s, that Ed Roberts — a student with quadriplegia — became an outspoken advocate of the cause.
Read more

Who Now Qualifies as a Disabled Employee?

The feds have changed the definition and it may mean changes... Read more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You're In Charge - Debbie from California DOR

See Videos More

Disability in the News  More

Job Seekers Toolkit  More

Webinars  More

Youth Transition Toolkit

Youth Transition ToolkitAll of the resources that young people with disabilities need to make good decisions as they transition into adulthood are in this guide. Visit website

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Talent Knows No Limits  California Governor's Committee on Employment of People with disabilities  California Health Incentives Improvement Project  California Employment Development Department  San Diego University Research Foundation 

Funded by a Medicaid Infrastructure Grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, grant number 1QACMS030263/01.