Oct 29 2024 50 mins 2
Jhillika Kumar and Conner Reinhardt, co-founders of Mentra, share best practices for supporting neurodivergent students.
Mentra is an employment network for 1 billion neurodivergent professionals (with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, etc.) worldwide. Mentra is an AI-powered, reimagined hiring process that captures more nuanced skills-based and humanistic factors like a person’s unique neurotype, which is not currently captured in more traditional resumes and forms of hiring.
In the episode, Jhillika and Conner cover:
- What neurodiversity is and the widespread benefits of cognitive diversity
- The unique challenges that neurodivergent students often face as part of the career exploration process
- What career leaders should know about supporting neurodivergent students
- How career services professionals can prepare neurodivergent students for today’s workforce
- How to partner with and educate employers when it comes to recruiting and hiring neurodivergent students
- And more
Resources from the episode:
- Jhillika’s LinkedIn profile
- Conner’s LinkedIn profile
- Mentra’s one-pager for helping employers hire neurodivergent students
- Mentra website
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