CareerReady! FAQs
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Who Do We Serve?
The majority of program participants are students of color and the first in their family to attend college. We support diverse disability communities, Veterans, and multiple generations, including Generation Z, Millennials, and Gen X. When Did CareerReady! Start? IMPACTability has been a partner of the City University of New York (CUNY) Office of Accessibility Services and CUNY LEADS (Linking Employment, Academics, and Disability Services) since 2018. CareerReady! is an intergenerational career readiness and structured mentoring program. It empowers college students with disabilities to confidently communicate their skills, refine their resumes, project a professional image, gain interview experience, and attain jobs and internships. Weekly courses and mentoring take place online. CareerReady! is offered to budget challenged college accessibility offices at no cost to them. Which Colleges Do We Support? IMPACTability’s CareerReady! Program proudly supports eight public CUNY Colleges: |
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Who Are Our Mentors?
Our volunteer Mentors span all generations and represent two dozen professions. Many Mentors are active in disability communities. We bridge generations through disability advocacy. Our united goal is the urgent social challenge to obtain meaningful employment for college students with disabilities. All generations benefit from sharing successes, failures, and real world realities on the path to meaningful employment.
What are the benefits of becoming a Mentor?
Mentoring enables you to:
How Do I Get Started?
All Mentors are required to complete a virtual interviewing process, background check, annual Disability Awareness training, and Mentor Orientation. Our monthly virtual Roundtable enables Mentors to exchange insights with CUNY LEADS staff.
To get started, click here for an application. For more information, contact VP of Human Resources Travis Dickison at [email protected].
What Do Mentors Like Most About CareerReady!?
What Do Program Graduates Like Most About Our Mentors?
Our volunteer Mentors span all generations and represent two dozen professions. Many Mentors are active in disability communities. We bridge generations through disability advocacy. Our united goal is the urgent social challenge to obtain meaningful employment for college students with disabilities. All generations benefit from sharing successes, failures, and real world realities on the path to meaningful employment.
What are the benefits of becoming a Mentor?
Mentoring enables you to:
- Gain positive satisfaction from making a difference in someone else’s life.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the professional growth of a student with disabilities.
- Build and broaden support networks among professionals.
How Do I Get Started?
All Mentors are required to complete a virtual interviewing process, background check, annual Disability Awareness training, and Mentor Orientation. Our monthly virtual Roundtable enables Mentors to exchange insights with CUNY LEADS staff.
To get started, click here for an application. For more information, contact VP of Human Resources Travis Dickison at [email protected].
What Do Mentors Like Most About CareerReady!?
- “Working with my Mentee was so valuable. I gained knowledge as well.”
- “The interaction and commitment of the students and mentors.”
- “Helping mentees to achieve measurable goals, such as crafting a resume.”
- “Engaging and guiding students through challenges and successes.”
- “The strong support, resources, and ability to connect with other people and students.”
What Do Program Graduates Like Most About Our Mentors?
- “My mentor is amazing. We agree on so many of the same things, and yet we are so different. I let my walls down.”
- “I enjoyed having a program which helps build confidence and also getting that one-on-one guidance from the mentor to help with specific problem areas of your professional life.”
- “What I liked most about the program is that each session is helpful for the professional world. I really needed help to work on my elevator pitch and during this program, I have gotten significantly better at it.”
- “Everyone involved was genuinely interested in seeing the students improve and wanted the best outcome for all students.”
