October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This year is the nation’s 75th observance of NDEAM, which is administered by the Department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). The observance culminates the Department’s commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Out of the 16.6 million undergraduate college students in the United States, 3.3 percent have a disability.
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Image Impact International held three virtual Mentoring 4 Impact workshops in October at Guttman Community College. Each workshop focused on a specific skill that is vital in obtaining an internship or full-time employment: transferable life skills, personal branding, and the facets of a great resume.
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Student with disabilities, many of them first generation and Veterans, are enrolling in college at rates higher than ever before. Over 11,000 students with disabilities are currently enrolled at CUNY campuses. Our career readiness program Mentoring4Impact helps college students with disabilities to define their career path and stay focused on a road to employment.
Image Impact is proud to be a non-profit partner of the LEADS program (Linking Employment, Academics, and Disability Services) at the City University of New York. Our goal is to raise at least $1,500 on #GivingTuesday to support the #Mentoring4Impact career readiness training program, including: • Seminars on such key topics to job search success as Developing Your Elevator Pitch and Dressing 4 Impact.4 • Spring 2020 classroom workshops on Federal Resumes, Interviewing Skills, and more! • Individualized mentoring for students to help them stay focused on what they need to do to succeed in their job search or summer internship search · Professional Strengths® Online Assessments and books to strengthen student resumes and prepare them for interviews |