A list of entities that can assist state agencies in finding qualified candidates with disabilities.

On-the-Job-Training (OJT) enables an employer to mentor a person with a disability, supporting skill development and providing them with work experience. By participating in OJT, you have the opportunity to see if the job and your business are a good fit with the trainee; thereby creating a pipeline of talent. 

One-on-One job shadowing provides a short-term opportunity for an individual with a disability to learn what it is like to be a part of a workplace. A business professional is matched with an individual with a disability so the employee can share information about a typical workday at the business and provide insight about how to prepare for a particular career field.

Both the Department of Education’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Department of Economic Opportunity, via Career Source Florida, offer assistance in identifying individuals with disabilities to participate in an OJT experience.

• An Employer’s Guide to On-the-Job Training ( 841.39 KB)

A Situational Assessment places an individual with a disability in a simulated work condition and environment that resembles the actual job, in which a systematic observation occurs for evaluation of work-related behaviors in an actual work environment.

• Institute for Community Inclusion Situational Assessment Fact Sheet ( 65.23 KB)