The Employment People - How to Turn Disability Into a Strength During Interviews

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This comes from Glassdoor:

"Congratulations! You landed an interview! Yet even for the most confident candidates,  interviewing can be a nerve-racking experience. And if you have a disability, the unfortunate reality is that you may have to work even harder to prove you can do the job just as well (if not better) than non-disabled candidates.

Disabled people have to apply for 60 percent more jobs than non-disabled people to secure a role. And only 50 percent of applications result in interviews, compared to **** percent for applicants without disabilities, according to research from disability charity Scope in partnership with Virgin Media.

What’s more, people with disabilities in the UK have a 7.3 percent unemployment rate, compared to 3.4 percent for non-disabled people. This large employment gap is what inspired Liz Johnson, former Paralympic gold medalist for Team GB, to co-found The Ability People (TAP), the UK’s first employment agency staffed entirely by people with impairments."

Read more about The Employment People, disability and employment here.