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A CAREERS SERVICE DESIGNED BY AND FOR DISABLED PEOPLE Evenbreak is creating the hive within which you can develop your career. EVENBREAK is an accessible job board where disabled people can find roles with companies who are proactively looking to employ more disabled candidates. We also support employers to become more inclusive and accessible, and remove disabling barriers. And over the years we realised there were some real gaps in the provision of careers support for disabled people who were looking for new or better work. Our candidates were telling us that often they couldn’t find careers support which was suitable and accessible for them. Sometimes it wasn’t relevant to disabled candidates, and was perhaps delivered by careers coaches with little understanding of disabling barriers in the workplace. Or the provision had restrictive eligibility criteria – dependent on their post code, or their age. So, last year we developed the Career Hive (hive. evenbreak.co.uk) which offers a wide range of relevant and accessible careers support specifically for disabled people looking for new or better work. We know that everyone needs different support at different times, and wanted to offer a diverse range of services for people to choose from. We sought the views of our candidates about what support they needed, and built the service around their responses. All of our services are free of charge to disabled candidates who are looking for real job opportunities, as the Career Hive is funded by the surplus income from the services we sell to employers. The hive can help you to:
want to duplicate existing services, so we created our own directory. There are many large and small organisations around – large national disability charities, and some local social enterprises. There may be one near you that you don’t know about. Local organisations are likely to have relationships with local employees, so may be better placed to help you than we are. You can search by postcode and by what kind of support you are looking for.
Access online resources There are many online resources on employability, but most don’t address the barriers that disabled candidates face. The dilemma about whether or not to mention disability, or ask for adjustments, for example. We offer a searchable range of resources – videos, templates, articles, etc., looking at employability skills through a disability lens.
“It was great to receive support from someone who understands the challenges of having an ‘invisible’ impairment, and I finally received the support I needed from Evenbreak’s Career Hive.” Natasha
Search for jobs on our specialist job board Employers who are looking for more disabled applicants advertise their roles on our accessible job board. You can search by location, employer, job type and others, and even set up job alerts so you can be informed if any jobs come up meeting your criteria.
Find support organisations near you We couldn’t find a comprehensive list of organisations who offer career support to disabled people, and we didn’t
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