Hire Autism welcomed 12 volunteers at the end of July to its fourth navigator training in 2022. In the virtual training, volunteers from all over the United States logged on to learn what it means to be a Hire Autism navigator and their role in helping autistic job seekers navigate the job search. Please join…
The pandemic has turned the hiring and working world upside down. Whatever your situation, your workplace is seeing an influx of newbies, and it’s likely that one of those newbies may be autistic. I am autistic, and I’d worked from home since 2018 because I had burned out on trying to manage my autism in…
On May 3, 13 incredible volunteers from across the United States joined Hire Autism staff for the spring Navigator training. They came from various backgrounds and diverse occupations, holding titles such as project manager, program director, peer recovery employment specialist, president, CEO, HR consultant, teacher, and nurse manager. These new navigators will join their peers…
For this Research Review, OAR is featuring a study not funded by OAR, “[I] don’t wanna just be like a cog in the machine:” Narratives of autism and skilled employment, to highlight community-based participatory research. For this study, OAR Scientific Council member and the study’s principal investigator, Dora Raymaker, Ph.D., and their fellow researchers focused…
We are excited to announce that OAR’s new, expanded Hire Autism website launched on March 31. The new site features more jobs board search filters, a searchable resource library, an events calendar, a user accessibility widget, profile and job board navigation tutorials, personalized job alerts, and improved employer-candidate search capabilities. Following Hire Autism’s demonstration project…
Earlier this month Hire Autism trained our second navigator cohort of 2022. We are thrilled to welcome eight new navigators to our volunteer team! These navigators come from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds and hold titles such as executive recruiter, project manager, speech-language pathologist, people operations partner, assistant professor, and much more. Although…
The employment prospects for autistic adults are grim, as a recent Politico article noted, with only about one-third of autistic adults in paid jobs for more than 15 hours a week. However, there are encouraging signs in the news that promise change. Federal Initiatives One of those, also noted in the Politico article, is…
With the end of the year rapidly approaching, job seekers are on the hunt to secure part-time and full-time opportunities before 2022 begins. Our newest navigator cohort is ready to help. Sixteen incredible volunteers make up this cohort, the largest to date. Congratulations to our newest navigators: Alyssa Figgins, Amber Elias, Corey Cecchini, Dvorah Richman,…
If you are an autistic job seeker, an employer, or the parent of a young adult interested in resources to assist with finding and applying for a job, OAR’s Hire Autism employment program has free, comprehensive resources for you, such as: A Guide to Job Searching: The guide explains how to navigate online job portals…
