Students with Disabilities

At Career Services, we’re here to support every Spider—every story, every future.

UR is a Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) registered school. The WRP connects federal and select private-sector employers nationwide with college students, graduate students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to demonstrate their abilities in the workplace through internships or permanent jobs.

2026 Student registration for eligible students and recent graduates (up to 2 years) 

Applications open August 17, 2026 and close October 4

Use the Government Career Community and Federal resume resources to explore and build your application materials and schedule an appointment with a Career Advisor to craft your next steps (Pre-appointment Preparation Tool)

Contact Dr. Cort Scheider for questions regarding obtaining the required Schedule A Hiring Authority documentation

We welcome all Spiders to participate in our inclusive communities.


Conversations with Cort Podcast

Watch the recording of the Conversations with Cort Podcast where Dr. Cort Schneider and Brandy Ewell discuss the best practices for disclosing a disability in the workplace.

Neurodivergent Friendly Companies

Plenty of companies call themselves neurodivergent friendly. Far fewer have changed the hiring process that screens neurodivergent candidates out before anyone reads their work. The ones that did, Microsoft, Wells Fargo, SAP, report retention and productivity numbers that make the …

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Autism Jobs Don’t Come Easily

Search “autism jobs” and you get the same list of quiet, detail-heavy roles, as if the problem were finding the right title. The data says otherwise. Between 40% and 85% of autistic adults are unemployed or underemployed, across every education …

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Career Resources

Career Advising Suite

Tyler Haynes Commons, Suite 306
Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone: (804) 289-8547
careerservices@richmond.edu

Interview Suite

Queally Center, Suite 201
Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone: (804) 662-3032
hirespiders@richmond.edu

Drop-In Hours/Locations

Tyler Haynes Commons, Suite 306
Monday – Friday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Robins School of Business, Suite 101
Monday & Thursday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.