Other Employment Resources

Job search sites specifically for people with disabilities

Hire Potential National Business and Disability Council
The AAPD Site

The Ladders

Job Search at TheLadders.com – Where $100k+ talent finds $100k+ jobs. Get executive career advice including interviewing tips and resume writing resources.

Ability Beyond Disability

For over 55 years, Ability Beyond Disability has been the premiere resource helping individuals with disabilities pursue lives that most people take for granted. Finding homes where people can live, providing supports that they can count on, training them to work and then helping them to find jobs. And above all, teaching people the skills so that they can make friends, pursue their interests, feel good about themselves by volunteering, and in essence…have a life.

Ability Beyond Disability also specializes in creating employment and training opportunities for persons with disabilities and the economically challenged. Are you someone with a disability who is looking for a job? Are you an agency, organization, corporation, or business looking to hire someone with a disability? Then check out Employment Resources available from Ability Beyond Disability.

Simply Hired

Simply Hired has built the largest online database of jobs. It is a simple and effective job search engine that lets you search for jobs by job title or category as well as location. See the Simply Hired links above to all Connecticut job listings plus job listings in some of the major cities in Connecticut.

Ability Jobs

This site provides a place where people with disabilities can seek employment, confident that they will be evaluated solely on their skills and experience. The goal of Ability Jobs and Job Access (now part of Ability Jobs) is to enable people with disabilities to enhance their professional lives by providing a dedicated system for finding employment. By posting job opportunities, or searching resumes, employers can find qualified persons with disabilities as well as demonstrate their affirmative action and open door policies. Ability Jobs is the leading website dedicated to employment of people with disabilities.

Connect-Ability

Connecticut Launches Ground-Breaking Employment Initiative For People With Disabilities. Connect-Ability began with a federal grant to the State of Connecticut to identify and remove barriers to employment faced by people with disabilities. This five-year, multi-million dollar systems change grant involved a detailed look at the State's employment and disability services infrastructure in order to identify problem areas and implement lasting solutions:

Career Center
Info for Employers

CW Resources, Inc.

A private, not for profit organization specializing in creating employment and training opportunities for persons with disabilities and the economically challenged. CW Resources can help you find work or can put you to work!

Hire Disability Solutions

Hire Disability Solutions is an affiliate of Monster.com that is devoted to the employment of people with disabilities. Their goal is to empower individuals with disabilities to reach their goals by providing them with the tools to succeed.

Tools for resume building, posting, and job searching through thousands of job listings are among the resources available on the Hire Disability Solutionswebsite.

JobAccess

Job Access is part of Ability Jobs. Visit JobAccess to find jobs available for persons with disabilities. The goal of JobAccess is to enable people with disabilities to enhance their lives by providing a dedicated system for finding employment.

Employers are encouraged to post job openings on JobAccess.

Connecticut Career Fairs

Information about the CT Dept. of Labor's career fairs held throughout Connecticut, including schedules.

Connecticut's Job Bank (CT Job Central)

Thousands of new jobs posted daily.

Questions or Further Info
If you have questions or would like more info regarding the CRECS project, please contact Focus-on Recovery toll free in CT at 1-866-255-5029 or focusonrecovery@gmail.com.