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Recruitment Websites

In Maryland

• The Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) matches pre-screened, job-ready individuals to job openings in Maryland's businesses.
  
  
• Post a free job opening ad with DORS employment specialists can also tell you about tax credits, on-the-job training, wage reimbursements, and customized training programs designed to help you hire and retain qualified workers with disabilities. Contact an employment specialist via email at dors@maryland.gov or at 410-554-9451.  

• Maryland Workforce Exchange allows you to specify in the job order or with a Business Services Specialist that you are interested in recruiting job seekers with disabilities.
  

National

• AbilityJobs.com
  Post jobs and search resumes of qualified job seekers with disabilities.
  

• Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD)Works to identify innovative methods of recruiting and hiring college graduates with disabilities, including creation of internship opportunities.
  

• Disaboom
  Online resource for jobs for people with disabilities.

• Gettinghired.com
  Strives to create sustainable employment growth and opportunity for people with disabilities.

• Hire Disability Solutions
  Partnered with Monster.com as a national leader in recruiting the best and brightest candidates with disabilities for visionary companies.
  

• National Business & Disability Council (NBDC)
  Assists corporations in integrating people with disabilities into the workplace and marketplace with access to a national resume database and ability to post jobs.

Tax Credits and Other Incentives For Hiring Individuals with Disabilities

Tax Incentives/Credits reviews federal and state tax incentives/credits that are available to help businesses cover the cost of improving accessibility and providing accommodations.

• Tax Incentives/Credits​
  

For more information about the various Tax Credits and Incentives that your business can potentially take when hiring an individual with a disability, visit Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Tax Credit page or visit the ADA & IT Center’s Tax Incentives Quick Tips guide. 

Find out how you can receive funding for on-the-job training of an employee within your business.

For an important update on the status of the Tax Credit, please click on this link from the U.S. Department of Labor.​

Fact Sheets for Hiring Individuals with Disabilities

Accommodations discusses key definitions and offers tips for accommodating employees and customers with disabilities.

• Accommodations (PDF)
  

• Accommodations (Word)
  

Disability Employment Law provides employers with explanations about federal and state laws regarding the employment of individuals with disabilities.

• Disability Employment Law (Word) 
  

• Resources for Reasonable Accommodation Requests (PDF) 
  
• Resources for Reasonable Accommodation Requests (Word) 
  

• Workforce Solutions (PDF)
  
• Workforce Solutions (Word)​