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Prove it: discrimination by the back door
EmployAbility is using its platform to draw attention to the common practice of employers requesting that neurodiverse candidates provide medical evidence of their condition, before being provided with adjustments in the recruitment process. Our aims are threefold....
Next Generation Inclusive Employers: Google
We are so proud to have Google as a Next Generation Inclusive Employer. As part of this, we had amazingly engaged Googlers join us from their EMEA and APAC offices. Here's what one of them had to say...
Bird & Bird Mental Health & Wellbeing Training for new trainees – September 2020
Mental health has always been of fundamental importance, and on the agenda for companies. With remote working, this has become even more of a priority. EmployAbility ran a session with practical advice for Bird & Bird’s new trainees, highlighting resources, issues and...
Overcoming the Hidden Barriers of Work – UoN Business, Management and Leadership Society
The University of Nottingham Business, Management & Leadership Society at University of Nottingham, partnering with EmployAbility, recently held a panel event on "Overcoming the Hidden Barriers of Work". Featuring the Tab Ahmad, Amy Donlevey and Christopher Dowling,...
EmployAbility on EmployAble Me
Earlier this year we were delighted to be contacted by the BBC about taking part in series two of Employable Me. The series aims to show how having a neurological condition – like autism or Tourette’s – or a physical disability doesn’t make someone unemployable....
J.P. Morgan EmployAbility Insight Day – September 2017
EmployAbility was delighted to hold the second J.P. Morgan Insight day on 22nd September. Aimed at providing talented disabled students and graduates with the opportunity to meet J.P. Morgan employees from across the firm, it was an essential event for anyone...
Students and Self Care – Protecting Mental Health At University
The Higher Education Statistics Agency recently announced that that dropout rates from university – with mental health as the cause – have more than tripled since 2009. With almost half a million students starting university this autumn, ensuring that there is support...
Accenture Women in Consulting Insight Day – September 2017
EmployAbility was delighted to join with Accenture to present their Accenture’s Women in Consulting Insight Day at their London office. The event was part of a series of insight days designed to promote their Consulting programme, which has start dates from January...
Visiting a Careers Fair – 10 Top Tips!
Visiting a careers fair is a fantastic step towards finding your first graduate job, but it can be a tad overwhelming if you aren’t clear about what you hope to gain from your day. It will probably be the first time you meet recruiters face-to-face, so it is very...
EmployAbility’s Tab Ahmad on BBC’s Daily Politics and BBC Radio London discussing barriers to work
The media furore surrounding Lord Freud’s comments on disabled people in the work place has clearly touched a nerve in the public conscience. Tab Ahmad, EmployAbility's Founder and Managing Director joined the debate on the BBC2's Daily Politics to discuss the topic...
European Diversity Awards 2011 – EmployAbility shortlisted
EmployAbility have been shortlisted in the Société Générale “Charity of the Year” category of the European Diversity Awards 2011.
Equality in Higher Education
A recent report published by the Equality Challenge Unit, gives an encouraging insight into the progress being made by higher education institutions over recent years with regard to equality legislation and best practice. The number of staff and students who feel able...