Your Path to Work: Phase 3
Phase 3: Getting a Job takes you step by step through the process of getting ready to enter the workforce, finding and applying for jobs, and being prepared for interviews. Whether you are just considering working, ready to find a service provider to help you, are looking for a job, or already working and want to keep on the road to financial independence, explore the Path to Work to learn more at every part of your journey. Select the phase that best describes where you are on your journey at the top and then use the blue buttons to navigate to each article.
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Federal Government and Federal Contracting Job Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Ticket to Work service providers can help you explore two opportunities available to people with disabilities looking to work:
Federal Employment – Schedule A
Schedule A gives the federal government permission to hire people with significant disabilities for jobs within the federal government without requiring them to compete against non-disabled jobseekers for those positions. Federal agencies hire Schedule A employees on a probationary basis. This means that Schedule A employees work on trial basis and, at the end of the probationary period, if they have earned positive reviews for their job performance, they may be eligible for conversion to a career-conditional appointment within competitive service.
Employment with Federal Contractors – Section 503
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 has supported individuals with disabilities for more than 40 years by prohibiting the Federal government and businesses that do work with the government from discriminating on the basis of disability.
Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, which was revised in 2014, prohibits businesses that do work with the government from discriminating against people with disabilities and requires these employers to take positive steps to recruit, hire train, promote and retain people with disabilities.
These new rules are expected to create more job opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Your Ticket to Work service provider can help connect you with these opportunities in your area. In addition, the Ticket program will be hosting a series of Virtual Job Fairs, sponsored by Social Security, to connect Ticket-users with the businesses that do work with the government. More information is available on the Virtual Job Fair website.
Learn more about Section 503 on the Choose Work blog or listen to our Ticket Talk podcast, New Revised Regulations Create a Brighter Future for You, which highlights a few facts about the new regulations that every Social Security disability beneficiary who is exploring their work options should know. You can also sign up to receive email updates about Ticket to Work’s Section 503 activities, including Virtual Job Fairs.
Federal contractors can also sign up for email updates focused on participation in the Virtual Job Fairs and other Ticket to Work program activity.
