Resources
Popular Employment Organizations
- Ability One: https://abilityone.gov/
- American Association of People with Disabilities: https://www.aapd.com/advocacy/employment/
- Apprenticeship: https://www.apprenticeship.gov/
- Career One Stop: https://www.careeronestop.org/ResourcesFor/WorkersWithDisabilities/job-search.aspx
- Disabled Person: https://www.disabledperson.com/
- Equal Opportunity Publications: https://www.eop.com/mags-CD.php
- Every Job For Me: https://www.everyjobforme.com/
- Getting Hired: https://www.gettinghired.com/
- Hire Our Heroes: https://www.hiringourheroes.org/
- IMDiversity: https://imdiversity.com/
- Indeed: https://www.indeed.com/
- Job Opportunities for Disabled Veterans: https://www.jofdav.com/
- Lime Connect: https://www.limeconnect.com/
- LinkedIn Jobs: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/
- Monster: https://www.monster.com/
- NVision: https://www.nvisioncenters.com/education/careers-for-visually-impaired/
- Our Ability Connect: https://www.ourability.com/
- Paralyzed Veterans of American: https://pva.org/find-support/veterans-career-program/
- Recruit Disability: https://www.recruitdisability.org/
- Recruit Military: https://recruitmilitary.com/
- USA Jobs Resource Center: https://www.usajobs.gov/
- WorkInTexas: https://www.workintexas.com
- Workforce Recruitment Program: https://www.wrp.gov/wrp
Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) Resources
Job Exploration Counseling
- Labor market information (LMCI): http://www.lmci.state.tx.us
- O*net: https://www.onetonline.org/
- Career One Stop: https://www.careeronestop.org
- Texas Career Check: http://www.texascareercheck.com
- Texas OnCourse: http://www.texasoncourse.org
- Texas Reality Check http://www.texasrealitycheck.com
- Auto Coder: http://autocoder.lmci.state.tx.us:8080/jc/onetmatch
- Texas Crews: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/apps/txcrews
- Texas Skills To Work: https://texasskillstowork.com
- Texas Wages: http://www.texaswages.com
- Work-in-Texas: http:www.twc.state.tx.us/jobseekers/job-search
- My Next Move: https://www.mynextmove.org
- Occupational Outlook Handbook, US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/ooh
- Opening Doors to Employment: https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/sped/pdf/tranopndrs-employmt.pdf
- Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC): http://www.wintac.org/topic-areas/pre-employment-transition-services/overview/job-exploration-counseling
- Get the job, keep the job: https://youtu.be/GosoTn_D8nY
- Short term: Student Careers: https://youtu.be/GosoTn_D8nY
Work-Based Learning
- CEO Internship Manual: https://www.transcen.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CEO-Internship-Manual-Rev-7.pdf
- Explore Your Future: https://www.rit.edu/ntid/eyf
- Healthcare Careers Exploration Camp: http://www.ntid.rit.edu/camps/healthcareers
- Project LEAP at Texas A&M (Leadership, Employability, and Advocacy Project): http://cdd.tamu.edu/project-leap
- Summer Earn and Learn (SEAL) https://dfwjobs.com/summer-earn-learn-program
- Techgirlz: https://www.rit.edu/NTID/techgirlz
- Techboyz: https://www.rit.edu/ntid/techboyz
- Working with employers, workplace success quick reference guide: http://ncwd- youth.info/quick-reference-guide/working-with-employers
Counseling on Post Secondary Education
- College Scorecard: https://collegscorecard.ed.gov/
- Community Colleges with campus housing - TSTC Waco: http://www.waco.tstc.edu
- Hill College – Hillsboro: https://www.hillcollege.edu
- Weatherford College: https://www.wc.edu
- Navarro College: http://www.navarrocollege.edu
- Federal Student Aid: https://fafsa.ed.gov
- Information on Community Colleges, Universities (public/private): http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/apps/txcrews
- Texas Skills To Work https://apps.twc.state.tx.us/CSC/directory/search.do
- College navigator: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator
- College Fairs and College Tours: https://www.campustours.com
- Study skills: http://howtostudy.org
- Texas OnCourse (source for college and career preparation): https://texasoncourse.org
- ACT – Services for Students with Disabilities: https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/registration.html
- SAT: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat
- College for All Texans: TSI: http://www.collegeforalltexans.com/index.cfm?objectid=63176344-FFFA-217B- 60C9A0E86629B3CA
- Think College: https://thinkcollege.net
Workplace Readiness
- Soft Skills to Pay the Bills: http://youth.gov/feature-article/soft-skills-pay-billshttps://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/youth/softskills/
- Texas Skills To Work: https://texasskillstowork.com
- Social Security Red Book: https://www.ssa.gov/redbook/
- Easter Seals: http://easterseals.com/esgw/our-programs/autism-asd-%20services/peer-connections.html
- Workforce Recruitment Program sponsored by ODEP: http://www.dol.gov/odep
Self Advocacy
- American with Disabilities Act (ADA): https://www.ada.gov
- I’m Determined: https://www.imdetermined.org
- Job Accommodation Network: https://askjan.org
- Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring: http://www.ncwd-youth.info/paving-the-way-to-work\
- The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities: http://www.ncwd-youth.info/wp-%20content/uploads/2016/10/The_411_On_Disability_Disclosure_for_Adults.pdf
- Youth in Action! Becoming a Stronger Self-Advocate: http://www.ncwd- youth.info/publications/youth-in-action-becoming-a-stronger-self-advocate
