Hiring Resources

EARN

The Employer Assistance & Recruiting Network (EARN) is a free service that connects employers looking for quality employees with skilled job candidates. EARN provides recruiting services, as well as employer success stories. Moreover, if you need to make the business case for hiring people with disabilities, EARN can provide you with the information you need! Further information can be found on the EARN website.

WRP

The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) is a recruitment and referral program that connects federal sector employers nationwide with highly motivated postsecondary students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to prove their abilities in the workplace through summer or permanent jobs. Students represent all majors, and range from college freshmen to graduate students and law students. A searchable database is available through the WRP website. WRP is ready to help you fill your summer or permanent hiring needs! Further information can be found on the WRP website. 

Veterans with Disabilities Resources

There are numerous organizations and agencies that exist to assist veterans with disabilities find and maintain employment. 

Explore a sample of useful resources:

• The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans Employment & Training Service
• Hire Heroes
• Wounded Warriors Project

Advocacy Groups 

There are several advocacy groups that serve as excellent resources for recruiting and hiring individuals with disabilities. The following is a sampling of those resources:

• American Association of People with Disabilities
• National Council on Independent Living
• Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Government
• American Council of the Blind 

Federal Resources 

There are numerous federal programs designed to meet the needs of people with disabilities in finding employment. The following is a non-exhaustive list of programs/resources:

• The Office of Personnel Management’s Website
• The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy  

Employers Training

Schedule A Training

Learn more about Schedule A to quickly hire applicants with disabilities. This fact sheet assists hiring managers in achieving their organization’s mission and important recruitment, hiring, and diversity goals.

Computer Accommodations Program (CAP)

CAP has created a series of online training modules. These modules will help you understand how to hire employees with disabilities and wounded, ill, and injured Service members and how to provide reasonable accommodations after they are hired.

JAN Series of Just-in-Time Training Modules 

The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) offers a series of fully accessible, just-in-time training modules designed to support employers, managers, and disability specialists. One featured module, “JAN’s Interactive Process,” provides practical guidance on navigating workplace accommodations. With the passage of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, the focus has shifted from defining disability to ensuring employees receive effective accommodations. A key element in this process is maintaining an interactive accommodation process between the employer and employee.

This 23-minute training module, accompanied by a transcript and handout, presents a step-by-step framework employers can adapt to their own workplaces. The resource is especially valuable for training new accommodation specialists, disability managers, and others responsible for implementing accommodations. Trainees can complete the module independently on their computer or incorporate it into a larger training program.

The module and supporting documents are available in JAN’s Multimedia Training Library.