Youth across the country developed a guide for youth with disabilities to explore their options after high school.
Learn more about Hitting The Open Road After High School: How to Choose Your Own Adventure to Success!
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3 tips for finding an entry-level job
Ready to join the workforce—but having trouble finding and landing that first job?
Get started with these three tips.
Pick college classes for impact
College students: questioning if you are in the right classes?
Parents: wondering how your student can best grow from the college experience?
Use this guidance to choose classes that will garner the greatest impact in the long run.
Job fairs: what to expect
Looking for a job? Job fairs are a great way to make contacts and gather information about potential jobs.
Gain all you can by knowing what to expect at a job fair.
More facts to help choose a college: the expanded College Scorecard
The U.S. Department of Education’s new College Scorecard site shows details about students’ actual college costs, loan paybacks, earnings and more.
Back to school . . . as an adult
Are you heading back to the classroom as an adult this fall?
Balancing adult life and college is hard. Learn how making a weekly schedule can be the difference between achieving your goals or driving yourself insane.
Check out CareerOneStop’s Business Finder
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Interested in researching businesses, employers, or industries in your area?
The Business Finder is a great place to start.
What does the job pay? Salary Finder has the answer
Ever wondered what the earning potential is for your career? Or what a starting wage would be in a new field?
CareerOneStop’s Salary Finder provides salary information for more than 800 different occupations, for locations across the U.S.
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25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Posted in Businesses and employers, Job seekers, Uncategorized, Workers with disabilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), passed July 26, 1990, has improved the quality of life and opportunities for a wide swath of the American public. Whether you have a disability or know someone who does, there’s a good chance you may benefit from the ADA.
3 tips for getting a job when you have a criminal record
Job hunting is hard work under any circumstances, but nearly 70 million U.S. adults face an additional challenge: convincing an employer to hire them when they have a criminal record.
So what can you do if you’re one of those 70 million? Here are three steps you can take to increase your chances of being hired.