{"id":162,"date":"2018-08-20T14:48:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T18:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2025-07-03T09:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:13:10","slug":"hire-students-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/hire-new-grads\/hire-students-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Hire Students with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/disabilities_banner.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Hire Students with Disabilities\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University is committed to supporting the employment needs of students with disabilities.&nbsp; Accessible Career Transitions is a collaborative program between Career Services and the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help remove the stigma around disability, while strengthening your workforce and its culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hire a Student With a Disability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies indicate that employees with disabilities have lower rates of absenteeism and are&nbsp;72% more likely to be retained than their co-workers without disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Available Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareer.carleton.ca\/home\/hirestudent\/MoreInfo.htm\">New Grads\u00a0<\/a>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Build your talent pipeline with fresh ideas and in-demand skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareer.carleton.ca\/home\/hirestudent\/PartTime.htm\">Part-time\/Seasonal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Hire Carleton students for part-time and seasonal needs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mycareer.carleton.ca\/home\/hirestudent\/HireACo-op.htm\">Co-op\u00a0<\/a>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Bright motivated co-op students for 4, 8, 12 or 16 months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>*Funding s<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>olutions<\/strong>&nbsp;are available for hiring students with disabilities (To learn more about the Abilities Connect Fund, the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities and other funding opportunities,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/funding-resources\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Promote your inclusiveness as an employer<\/strong><br>\n<em>Include an equal opportunity statement on all job postings, but do not stop there, set yourself apart. Highlight your diversity; do you have working groups for employees with disabilities or awareness initiatives? Do you have an HR representative who specifically works with minorities? Do you have any employees with disabilities willing to provide a testimonial or to respond to student questions\/concerns?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University is committed to supporting the employment needs of students with disabilities.&nbsp; Accessible Career Transitions is a collaborative program between Career Services and the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC). Help remove the stigma around disability, while strengthening your workforce and its culture. 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