Career Success for Graduates with Disability
Webinar: Panel Discussion Focused on Supporting Graduates with Disability Toward Career Success
When: 23rd August 2018
Times: 1pm to 2pm AEST
You will hear from:
- University of Tasmanian Graduate Sam Flood, who participated in a social media campaign called ‘Let’s find Sam an internship‘ and is now working as a Pharmacist in Melbourne,
- Griffith University Equity Practitioner Jeremy Muir, working on a project to improve the
internal employment of PwD, - Mylestones Employment Job Development Officer Natalie Searson, who has spent the last
12 months supporting graduated and graduating students with disabilities in their career
search, - UOW Career Counsellor Kate Carroll, who specialises in supporting students from equity
groups, including students with disability,
The panel will answer your questions and share their ideas and thoughts about how to work with students with disability to transition successfully into graduate employment.
Graduates with Disability are behind their peers when finding employment. 23.5% of graduates with disability are unemployed and looking for full-time work compared to their peers of 11.3%, and graduates with disability are more likely to report that the job they are in does not fully utilise their skills or education. In 2017, the overall employment rate for students who identify as having a disability slid back by 0.8% from 2016, while their peers without disability moved forward by 0.1%.
The NDCO program is committed to improving the employment outcomes of graduates with disability. NDCOs based in QLD, SA, NSW and TAS have been running a pilot program in partnership with local universities and Disability employment service providers called the University Specialist Employment program (USEP) for the last year.
Join in the national conversation on improving the employment outcomes of graduates with disability