Disability:IN’s NextGen Leaders Initiatives is a six-month mentorship program that pairs college students, graduate students, and recent graduates with disabilities with Disability:IN Corporate Partners. Students and recent graduates meet with their corporate mentor virtually twice a month, network with Fortune 1000 companies, attend professional development webinars, and receive job notifications throughout the year. Many NextGen Leaders have the opportunity to attend the Disability:IN Annual Conference on July 18-21, 2022 and network and interview with companies. The 2022 NextGen program will run from March 14-September 15, 2022.
All interested applicants are encouraged to apply, though many NextGen Leaders have STEM, finance, and business backgrounds, or experience in other business industry areas, such as HR, marketing, and more. People of color, women, veterans, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.
NextGen Leaders is a competitive application process. There is no cost to participate. Those accepted into the program will need to commit 4-6 hours per month to the program to engage in mentorship, webinar participation, and group discussions.
Students and recent graduates can apply at http://www.disabilityin.org/2022NextGenLeaderApplication.
The application is open from November 1, 2021 to January 7, 2022. The application is straightforward, but there are some short answer questions towards the bottom of the application that candidates may want to review and prepare in advance and save to a Word document before completing this online form.