Cybersecurity Essentials
Austin Community College
- Format: In-Person
- Length (weeks): 48 weeks
- Cost: $1,573
- Requirements: 18+, high school diploma or GED recommended
- Industry: Information Technology
Round Rock-headquartered technology company with a formal neurodiversity hiring program.
| Industry | Technology |
|---|---|
| Employees | 97,000 |
| Work Arrangement | Hybrid |
| Accommodations | Assistive technology, sign language interpretation, neurodiversity program |
| Transit Access | Limited |
| Headquarters | One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682 |
| Founded | 1984 (as PC's Limited); Dell Technologies formed 2016 |
| Recognition | Listed on Disability:IN's Disability Index as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion |
| Transit note | Round Rock is outside CapMetro's core fixed-route service area; check the CapMetro Trip Planner and Round Rock Transit before applying. |
| Employee count source | Wikipedia infobox (circa 97,000, 2026) |
Dell Technologies is one of the largest private employers in the Austin metro area, and it runs one of the best-known corporate neurodiversity hiring programs in the country.
Dell Technologies designs and sells computers, servers, storage, and networking equipment, and it has been headquartered in Round Rock, just north of Austin, for decades. With roughly 97,000 employees worldwide and a very large Central Texas campus, it is one of the region's most important sources of technical, business, and operations jobs.
Dell's Neurodiversity Hiring Program replaces the traditional interview with a multi-week skills-based assessment and training period, so autistic candidates and other neurodivergent job seekers can show what they can do instead of being filtered out by conversational interviews. Dell also maintains an Assistive Technology Center of Excellence that supplies employees with screen readers, braille displays, speech-to-text tools, and alternate input devices, and it has built AI-assisted communication tools for deaf and hard-of-hearing workers.
Dell has been recognized on Disability:IN's Disability Index, the leading benchmark for disability inclusion in business. For job seekers, the most important practical question is getting to the campus: Round Rock is not part of CapMetro's core bus network, so candidates who rely on transit should plan a route (or ask about hybrid roles) before accepting an offer.
Volunteer as a mock interviewer or resume reviewer for neurodivergent job seekers through Workforce Solutions or Goodwill Central Texas.
If you work in tech, mentor a student in an IT or cybersecurity program so they arrive at employers like Dell with a portfolio.
Donate to local training providers that offer scholarships, covering certification exam fees for candidates with disabilities.
Dell Technologies Neurodiversity Hiring Program
One Dell Way, Round Rock, TX 78682
Data sources: Disability:IN Disability Index, Wikipedia REST API, YouTube oEmbed
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