As the year ends, professionals are urged to reflect on their careers and prepare for 2026 job opportunities. Five steps to enhance job-search readiness include setting up job alerts, updating your CV, taking online courses, networking effectively, and understanding individual career paths. Early preparation can significantly improve chances of success.
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The transition to work for parents as children start school can be exciting yet challenging, especially for disabled parents. Evenbreak offers support through accessible job opportunities, tailored career advice, flexible work options, and a community for shared experiences. Embrace this new chapter with confidence, knowing your skills are valuable.
Do you ever feel like you're working twice as hard for the same results? You might have hidden neurodiverse talents that just haven't been recognised yet. This week is Neurodiversity Celebration Week, a time to empower those with unique brains to realise and reach their full potential. Read on for top tips from Anna Masefield, Account … Continue reading Am I Stupid? No. How To Identify Your Neurodiverse Talents
Does the idea of job hunting haunt you? Are you fed up with feeling ghosted or lost in a maze of online applications? We’ve got 7 spookily easy job-hunting tips for disabled people who might be looking for new or better work. Read on if you dare… Set up Job Alerts on Evenbreak Browsing endless … Continue reading 7 spookily easy job-hunting tips for disabled people
As we know, it’s twice as hard to find paid, sustainable work if you are disabled than if you are non-disabled. Here are my top tips for finding work: 1. Identify your strengths If you are trying to sell a car, you need to know the good points (features and benefits) of what you are … Continue reading Ten Top Tips to find work if you’re disabled
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John Lewis Partnership logo The John Lewis Partnership boldly puts the happiness of Partners at the centre of everything it does. Read on to find out more about inclusion at the Partnership. Why is it important to the John Lewis Partnership to employ disabled people? People are our greatest resource! We very much want to … Continue reading Inclusion at John Lewis
Confidence is important when job-seeking. If we don’t have confidence in our own abilities, why would we expect a prospective employer to have confidence in them? Unfortunately, being unemployed can make it difficult to remain confident – particularly when we may have faced a number of rejections, or worse, had our CVs completely ignored. This … Continue reading Boosting your confidence when job seeking
Generally speaking, looking for work is the same whether you are disabled or not. You need to find appropriate roles and then prove to the prospective employer that you are the best person for the job. However, if you are disabled, there is the added issue of when and how to talk about this. By … Continue reading Discussing Disability with a Prospective Employer
Being a 'Runner' for a television production company may not have occurred to you as a job you might enjoy, but it can be an exciting role for the right disabled person. Toni Enright talks about her experience in being a Runner at Studio Lambert: If you’re a TV lover like me – I mean, who … Continue reading A Day in the Life of an Office Runner