Bring your neurodiversity
to work.
Use our accessible web app to match with employers that value your strengths.
Get closer to getting hired
with our inclusive profile.
The Mentra Profile goes
beyond the traditional resume to provide a platform for self expression, especially for those with under-utilized talents.
The Mentra profile captures
the unique characteristics and environmental preferences of the individual and the job that are crucial to making or breaking a job fit.
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Apply once to Mentra, and our team will take it from there ✨
Mentra is a free service that puts you in front of inclusive recruiters rather than forcing you to go after them. Some call this a virtual “reverse job fair”.
Once you join our talent pool and fill in our 20 - 30 minute application, we’ll find you ideal career opportunities where your brain and heart can thrive.
How does Mentra work for job seekers?
1
Get onboarded on Mentra
Sign up on Mentra and tell us about yourself and
your job preferences by filling in our 20-30 minute application.
2
Build your Mentra profile
Our team will contact
you to work together to create a tailored Mentra Profile which augments your resume.
3
Match with employers
As we partner with inclusive companies, our team will put your profile
in front of recruiters to find a good fit.
4
Ongoing assistance
We provide ongoing support and mentorship from our team to help you build your skills and get you closer to an interview.
At Mentra, we care about each and every one of our candidates. We'll help you get your dream job and stay in touch after your start date to make sure your new position is everything you want it to be.
A human-centered design approach.
Based on our research initiated at Georgia Tech, the team has learned what data is instrumental to making or breaking
a good job fit. We have spent over 2 years understanding the autism community to intimately understand pain points
and success factors in a job position. Today, we are working with employers to examine and address barriers in the employment process.
Mentra's four profile areas ensure a successful fit.
1
Strengths and personality
2
Environmental preferences
3
Career background
4
Personal information
Our founding story
Jhillika Kumar, Mentra’s founder, was inspired by her non-speaking autistic brother who ignited her passion to advocate for disability rights as well as a career driven by a mission to create an inclusive world. While attending Georgia Tech, she founded Mentra with Conner Reinhardt and spoke as keynote speaker at the Grace Hopper Celebration and TEDxGeorgia Tech to share her brother’s story and raise awareness for the neurodiverse community.
Apply your brain and heart to thrive in diverse roles.
Mentra knows that autistic job seekers are passionate and thrive in any field. We're working with employers in a diverse range of industries to make sure that our candidates can find any role they're interested in, whether it's technical, creative, advocacy-based, or anything else.
People are talking about Mentra.
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Meet the Mentra team.
Co-founders
Jhillika Kumar
Founder
My personal experiences with my non-speaking autistic brother ignited my passion to design a world where my brother can one day find a job.
Conner Reinhardt
Co-founder
I never understood the humanity behind the accessibility movement until hearing Jhillika's brother's story. I saw a chance to contribute to real change.
Team Leads
Rishma Mendhekar
UX Design Lead
As an inclusive and intersectional designer and at Mentra, I collaborate with neurodiverse job seekers to create fundamentally
inclusive experiences.
Shea Belsky
Technology Lead
I am an autistic self-
advocate who joined Mentra to empower individuals with autism to find employment through a platform that works for them.
Syntyche Jennings
Market Researcher
Having spent over a decade working with autistic individuals, my research shaped me to push for company-wide behavioral changes in the workplace.
Built by neurodiverse
individuals, for neurodiverse individuals.
We are stronger in numbers.
We are a team of disability advocates and autistic self-advocates working hard to level the playing field in the job finding process. If you join us, it helps us help you. We will advocate for you with every employer and CEO we talk to so they can leverage this platform to succeed.
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An innovator that's changing conversations.
