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Employment Programs

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Program Overview

50
years experience
504
people placed in jobs annually
265
employers
1,050
people supported annually

Having a job and earning a paycheck is essential to independence and self-worth. Ability Beyond’s over 50-year track record of success in job training and placement has helped thousands of people to gain meaningful employment in their communities. And hundreds of businesses have prospered by hiring these highly trained and dedicated employees.

Our Employment Programs

Through our Employment Programs, we help the individuals we serve by:

  • Training them for fulfilling work opportunities
  • Providing job placement assistance
  • Helping them to maintain their job for the long term

Our dedicated and experienced staff will design individualized strategies to help meet personal employment goals. We provide group supported employment, career development services, work readiness/youth employment services, supported employment, customized employment, assessment services and job shadowing throughout Connecticut and New York.

Ability Beyond also assists individuals in reaching self-sufficiency through full-time work and going off of entitlements if that is their goal. As part of the Social Security Administration’s “Ticket to Work” Employment Network, we help people with disabilities achieve their individual employment goals. Click here for resources from DORS and AccesVR!

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We Help With:

  • Career Exploration
  • Resume Building
  • Job Search
  • Online Application Assistance
  • Interview Preparation
  • Job Search Assistance
  • Assistance with Disclosure
  • Negotiating Reasonable Accomodations
  • Ongoing, Long-term Job Counseling

Employment Programs FAQs

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Where do you get jobs for people? Do you have a job bank?
Although Ability Beyond has many great ongoing relationships with employers, we are not a ‘job bank’. We work with each individual to pursue a job that is the right fit for them based on their goals and interests. We want to place people into the right position for them, not just any position that is available.
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Who helps me to find my job? What are their skills?
At Ability Beyond, our Employment Specialists are responsible for assisting individuals in their search for a new job or career. We take great pride in the professionalism and commitment of these individuals- at a minimum these are Bachelor Degree level staff and many have their Master’s. More importantly, many of them are Certified Employment Support Professionals and hold National Certificates in Employment Services.

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Meet the people we serve and hear their stories

Scott

"Ability helped me rebuild my life."

Our Employment Programs helped Scott overcome challenges and get his life back in order.

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Bill

“Ability has given me confidence and hope.”

After high school, Bill was determined to get a good job and be a valuable employee – and his dream is now a reality.

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Leon

“My favorite part of the job is helping patients with their care.”

It took 25-year-old Leon over a year of applications, resumes, and interviews but finally he found a job he loves.

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