Since City Disabilities was founded, we have been giving thought to how we can reduce misunderstandings between employers and professionals with disabilities, and how we can help both employers and colleagues anticipate problems that might arise. We have now acquired experience from countless interviews and meetings with mentees, mentors and employers, of what can go
Our founder, Robert Hunter, is looking forward to speaking at the Lord Mayor’s Power of Diversity Breakfast Series on Wednesday 22nd June. He will be exploring the following topics: How can disabled people compete with non disabled ones? Is there such a thing as a desirable disadvantage? What does the research show? Why do so few
Click below to read an interview with Robert Hunter and Liz Dawes in “People Management” the official publication of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. As readers will know, we generally prefer to refer to “candidates with disabilities” instead of “disabled candidates” – it may seem pedantic but we always put the person before the
This year, Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 16th to 22nd May, with a particular focus on relationships. At City Disabilities, our focus for the week is on the relationship between employer and employee. Of our mentees, around a quarter either have a diagnosis of a mental health condition, or have identified a mental
How do you raise a disability or long term health condition with an employer? Will disclosure prevent you from being offered an interview or a promotion? How should you raise the issue? Is it ok to decide not to disclose? To help navigate your way through these questions we have written a brochure containing the
Over the last six months, City Disabilities has been involved with many Universities. We’ve contributed to training sessions for careers advisers, talks at careers fairs and employment Q&A events, as well as writing blogs and articles for student press. We’ve visited a number of Universities and had particularly interesting sessions at Aberdeen, Cambridge, Bath, KCL,
This week Robert Hunter has written an article for The Lawyer on why disclosing a disability to a law firm isn’t always a good idea. You can read the article here. Please note you have to subscribe to The Lawyer to read the article, but this is quick and free to do.
The Lawyer magazine recently published research findings on disability. According to their figures, 1 per cent of individuals at smaller law firms report having a disability, with the proportion falling to 0.7 per cent at larger firms. Yet 19 per cent of the UK population and 16 per cent of working-age adults have a declared
City Disabilities is due to give a talk to Bath Uni students on how to succeed at interview – ahead of which we wrote them a guest blog. You can read it here.
In our first interview, Liz Dawes discussed with Julia Oliver, a partner in executive search firm Odgers Berndtson, how a candidates with disabilities can perform best at job interviews (read more here.) This week Liz discusses with Julia why there is still a lack of people with disabilities working in professions in London, and how