[Ncabs] COSD Opportunity

[Alan A. Chase]

FULL ACCESS: COSD Student Summit for Career Exploration

April 5 – 6, 2013

Produced by COSD

Sponsored by Cisco and Co-Sponsor

Hilton Raleigh Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC

The application deadline is Wednesday March 13th, 2013. Applicants will be
notified of their acceptance to the Summit Friday March 15th, 2013.

http://www.cosdonline.org/RaleighDurham-How-to-Apply



http://www.cosdonline.org/Students-RaleighDurham

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN / GAIN?

• Effective techniques and resources to become better prepared to be
competitive in the career search process

• About COSD Career Gateway as a resource to connect with employers

• Networking and self-advocacy skills in a “safe” environment

• Confidence that quality employers will be looking for students with
disabilities like me and raising my own personal expectation

• How to build a potential network of future employment contacts and peer
support

• What employers are looking for, so that your preparation will be most
effective


http://www.cosdonline.org/FULL-ACCESS-RaleighDurham-Student-Agenda
http://www.cosdonline.org/about
“Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD) is a unique and
dynamic national professional association comprised of more than 600
colleges and universities and over 500 major national employers. COSD's
mission is to improve the employment rate of college students and recent
graduates with disabilities on a national basis. COSD works with higher
education institutions and assists them in developing collaborative
relationships between the Disability Services and Career Services offices
on campuses. The result is students with disabilities are better prepared
and more competitive in the career search. COSD closely works with
employers to identify innovative methods of recruiting and hiring college
graduates with disabilities, including creation of internship opportunities
or encouraging participation of employers in specialized internship and
recruiting programs that focus on college students with disabilities.”

http://www.cosdonline.org/full-access
WHAT IS FULL ACCESS?
This exclusive event brings together up to sixty college students or recent
alumni with disabilities and ten select national and regional employers for
a networking and education summit. FULL ACCESS is not a career fair. It is
not an opportunity to interview one-on-one with individual students and
there should be NO expectation to extend a job offer at the Summit. FULL
ACCESS IS a golden opportunity for employers to meet up to 60 prospective
employees with disabilities.

-- 
*Alan A. Chase, M.Ed.*
Occupational Course of Study Teacher, New Hanover County Schools
Program Coordinator, Envisioning Youth Empowerment Retreat
President, North Carolina Association of Blind Students
Secretary, Governor Morehead School Alumni Association