Job Search Handbook for People With Disabilities

This is one of the few complete career planning and job search guides for people with physical and mental disabilities. Helps readers identify their strengths; explore career options; find job openings; explore the hidden job market; write resumes, cover letters, and follow-up letters; and perform well in interviews. Shows readers how to tell potential employers about their disabilities and ask for reasonable accommodations. Helps readers understand and navigate employment law as it applies to them. And after the reader lands the job they want, this book prepares them for job success.

This new second edition includes updated Web resources plus updated information on relevant new legislation and organizations.