Walgreens Employment Initiative & Website
Walgreen recently launched an accessible website as part of an outreach initiative to hire people with disabilities at its new distribution center in Anderson, South Carolina. The website, designed to be accessible to people who have sensory, physical and cognitive disabilities, describes the 200 positions Walgreens plans to fill when the center opens in mid-2007. Some of the accessibility features include audio messages, large print text, screen-reader compatibility and captioned photos and videos depicting essential job functions and daily routine tasks. Information about disability service agencies in the area, housing and resources for the impact of gainful employment on benefits also is included. Walgreens recruiting team is striving to hire one-third employees with disabilities, including several management level positions.

HACE Job Search Website
The Hispanic Association for Career Enhancement (HACE) lists job opportunities with some of America's leading companies who are looking to bolster their Latino managerial talent.

Help with Recruitment for Disability Programs
Looking to hire qualified and experienced staff? Or looking for a new job? The quickest way to reach the disability provider community is through JobLines on the web. Job postings from around the country with one click! Featured jobs of the month.

Internships 4 You Website
Internship seekers, employers and career centers all can make use of this online resource. Internships 4 You allows potential interns to search an online internships database for free. Search criteria including 'keyword,' 'job category.' 'state,' 'education level,' and 'when posted,' help users conduct an efficient search. Internship listings include the focus of the internships, the company or organization hiring as well as a detailed account of the intern's duties, and what skills they will have the opportunity to learn. Employers are allowed to post internship, co-operative and volunteer listings on the website free of charge.

Employment Website with Disability Focus
Recruitability is a new employment service available online. It is dedicated to "Bridging the Disability Divide" in employment. People with disabilities can post their resumes and browse the job postings for free. There is also great advice and resources on other job search strategies. Any employer can search the resumes for free. They can also post jobs and get great tips on how to effectively recruit people with disabilities. Companies such as Bank of America, IBM, Microsoft, Aetna and Manpower enthusiastically support this initiative.

Bender Consulting Services Looking to Hire Job Seekers with Disabilities

Bender Consulting Services, Inc.'s mission is to provide superior technology consulting services to their customers while creating employment and career opportunities, independence and freedom for people with disabilities.

Currently Bender has positions to fill immediately. Bender currently is looking for qualified candidates to fill a variety of positions open today. Forward you resume to Nathan Gambill at ngambill@benderconsult.com or (412)-787-8567 for consideration.

Return to Work Website
Return To Work Inc. (R2W) will be accepting applications online for a large array of jobs.  Simply visit the website, click on JOBS, login and enter as much information about yourself as you can. 
 
They are targeting thousands of jobs by 2004.  Currently, they are collecting information to determine what market sectors their job developers should focus on. These services are completely free to disabled Americans at the moment (limited time). Contact Rob Brazell, Founder, Return To Work Inc. (R2W) at 303.415.9187 with queries.

Student Jobs and Internships in Canada - NOWS!
Canada's National Education Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) has launched a new website. NEADS Online Work System (NOWS) enables students to post their resumes and employers to post their job openings and internship opportunities. Students can browse job postings and employers can browse student resumes. For more information visit the website.

Hire DisAbility
Each year HireDisAbility hosts career expos in several cities around the United States. The expos are large job fairs that are specifically geared toward connecting people with disabilities to employment. There is no fee to attend. Consumers are advised to pre-register on HireDisAbilitity's website, however, walk-ins are accepted on the day of the event. Go to www.hiredisability.com or call vice president Amy Baum at (212) 822-8524 for details about this year's events.

RecruitABILITY
RecruitABILITY is a free on-line service for employers and job seekers with disabilities. Find information on accommodations and technology, get recruiting and employment tips, post your resume and search for jobs...All for free.

Job Resources on Developmental & Learning Disabilities Web Site
YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities is an award-winning, nationally acclaimed network of not-for-profit health and human service agencies dedicated to building brighter futures for people with disabilities and their families. The career services department has a varied list of job openings at their organization. Go to www.yai.org and click on the careers link.

Super CIL in Los Angeles
The Westside Center for Independent Living's (WCIL) Latino Employment Connection helps disabled Latinos in the Los Angeles area get employment. The program works with consumers on perfecting their resumes, selecting and purchasing appropriate clothing for interviews, identifying and applying for jobs, setting up job interviews, preparing references for employer calls, and more. So far this year WCIL Job Developer Sandra Brizuela has helped place 22 consumers in jobs.

"Often when I start a relationship with a consumer we work together on confidence building," remarked Brizuela. "When consumers begin to realize their worth they walk with their heads up and know they have what it takes to succeed."

WCIL has offices in Santa Monica, Mar Vista and West LA. Call WCIL at (310) 390-3611, (310) 398-9204 (TTY) or e-mail wcil@wcil.org for information.

Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc.
Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc. publishes career magazines for women, minority groups and people with disabilities with the goal of helping underrepresented job seekers find employment. Their publication roster includes Careers & the Disabled and Hispanic Career World. Visit their web site for links to companies that are actively recruiting, and information.

Hire Diversity: Internet Job Resource Center
Hire Diversity offers career, job, and employment resources for minorities. There are specific sections devoted to news and opportunities for many minority groups, including people with disabilities and Hispanics. There is a place to post your resume for prospective employers to look at and a job search engine based on job type and location. Hire Diversity also offers a list of professional and career and employment related organizations specific to each major US minority group.

Choice Employment
Recruits disabled individuals who are interested in becoming employed.

Monster.com
Monster.com lets jobseekers search through thousands of job postings around the United States and around the world. Also provides advice on developing your resume and presenting yourself well during job interviews. Registered users are able to post their resume for employers to find. Other resources available at Monster.com include information about people with disabilities in the workforce and information to help job seekers decide whether it's worth relocating to another city.

HotJobs
Enables potential employees to search through job openings available throughout the United States. Registered users can also post their resume on-line.

Idealist.org
Both the English version and the Spanish version allows users to search for jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities around the world in nonprofit and community organizations. Users can also use this site to find resources and services for job seekers in the nonprofit and related fields.

Philanthropy Careers
Allows users to search through job listings at various charities. Also offers advice to jobseekers who wish to set up informational interviews, to charities looking for better ways to screen volunteers or establish endowments.

Philanthropy News Digest Job Corner
Looking for a job in the philanthropy or nonprofit field? The online Philanthropy News Digest of The Foundation Center has a regularly up-dated listing of jobs at nonprofit organizations throughout the United States. A few of these jobs involve working with the Latino community or in Latin America.

Saludos.com
This is another job search site for Hispanics that allows searches for both internships and employment. Interested persons can also post their resumes on the search site for employers.

iHispano.com
This is a job search site for Hispanic bilingual professionals. Visitors to the site can post their resumes; search the job bank by keyword, location, and company, learn about job fairs for Hispanics all over the US, as well as read tips on finding the job you are looking for.

eSight Careers Network
The description for this web resource is listed as "where blind and visually impaired people share the tools they need to develop and succeed in rewarding careers". This website contains articles about career issues for those people who have blindness or vision impairment. This site also operates a job alert e-mail list that you can subscribe to in addition to a newsletter.

Job Listings for Bilingual Professionals
This is the place to look for job listings if you are Latino or Hispanic, or if you are bilingual in Spanish or Portuguese. The website is available in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. You can find job listings or post your resume.

Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (PAI) is a nonprofit organization with offices in Sacremento, San Francisco, Los Angelos, and San Diego. This organization works with people with disabilities to protect, advocate for, and advance their human, legal, and service rights. PAI occasionally has job openings for bilingual (English/Spanish) applicants.

HireDeaf.com
HireDeaf.com is a one-stop career resource center that offers advanced privacy features and career tools for job seekers. The site features many jobs posted by corporate hiring mangers, staffing firms, and executive recruiters. As an important career site in the deaf community, HireDeaf.com provides a highly resourceful and dynamic exchange between opportunity seekers and employers.

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