Campus Recruitment Participation Among Students with Disabilities: Campus Staff and Employer Opinions

The on-campus recruiting process is a primary tool used by university students and corporations to initiate student internships and new employment hires after graduation. This study used a qualitative approach to understand issues affecting on-campus recruitment participation by university students with disabilities. A selection of university employees participated in standardized open-ended focus groups to answer semi-structured questions about the on-campus recruitment process and participation by students with disabilities. University and corporate staff identified several actions that may encourage on-campus recruitment participation by students with disabilities, and by extension, increase corporate employment among college students and graduates with disabilities.