Book
Job search handbook for people with disabilities
Edition
2nd ed.
Publication Information
Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works, c2004.
Physical Description
xiv, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- Introduction
- Preparing for your job search
- Assessing your skills, abilities, and goals
- exercises for self-assessment
- Career assessment instruments
- You are not alone
- Support for continuing your education
- Exploring careers
- Targeting specific occupations to research
- Sources of information
- Starting your own business
- Evaluating the possibilities
- More preparation : practical work experience, assertiveness training, and public speaking skills
- Experiential education
- Assertiveness
- Public speaking
- marketing yourself to potential employers
- Creating your resume
- Dissecting the resume
- What shouldn't go on your resume?
- Scannable resumes
- Resume aesthetics
- Resumes and the Internet
- Writing a great cover letter
- Getting started with contact info
- Answer three important questions
- Finishing the letter
- Format tips
- Sample cover letters for different situations
- Online cover letter help
- Applying and interviewing for jobs
- Networking and mentors
- Networking : a numbers game
- Establishing a network
- Finding a mentor
- Other ways to generate job leads
- Using the newspaper to find leads
- Employment agencies
- U.S. Department of labor
- College career centers
- State vocational rehabilitation offices
- y Business leadership network
- Internet leads
- Trade publications
- Managing your job serch
- Tracking contacts
- Time management
- Applying for jobs
- Networking
- Sending a resume and cover letter
- Applying online
- Filling out a written application form
- Improving your chances of getting the job
- Preparing for the interview
- Doing your research
- Accessibility issues
- Rehearsing for the interview
- Disclosing your disability
- Interviewing styles
- day of the interview
- Second interviews
- Some online interviewing resources
- After the interview
- Writing thank-you letters
- Following up via the phone
- Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes your the bug : handling rejection
- uneven playing field
- Negotiating the offer
- Succeeding at work
- Keeping the job
- Having the right attitude
- Succeeding at office politics
- Looking for projects
- Fitting in and succeeding with a disability
- Normalizing your disability for your peers and coworkers
- Being ready for the next opportunity when it presents itself
- Knowing how to handle changes in insurance
- Accommodating your disability on the job
- Real-life sample accommodations
- Sample disability-specific accommodations from the Job Accommodation Network
- Job links from the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy
- Index.