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Welcome to the Education to Employment Package for University Students and Graduates with a Disability. The contents of this Resource are under 3 main headings: |
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• Research Paper: 'Education to Employment for Graduates and Students with Disabilities'
A research study was conducted in 1996 by the New South Wales (NSW) Regional Disability Liaison Officers, focussing on the transition processes that occurred from education to employment for university students and graduates with disabilities. The Research Paper, although outdated, is one of few sources that explore the transition pathway from education to employment for university students and graduates with disabilities. This Paper has formed the basis for the development of the Education to Employment Package.
• Disability Legislation and Employment
As a person with a disability, you have the same rights to employment opportunities as a person without a disability. It is important to understand your rights and responsibilities specific to employment, preferably before starting to look for work.
This section provides you with information about:
- your rights and responsibilities under anti-discrimination law
- what you can do if you are discriminated against
- other useful resources on the web
- who you can contact if you need to talk about your rights and responsibilities in employment.
• Disability Disclosure in Employment
Before deciding to disclose your disability in an employment environment, it is important to understand the issues and choices you may face.
The issues and choices are discussed in this section such as:
- 'Do I need to disclose my disability?'
- 'When do I disclose my disability?'
- 'How do I disclose my disability?'
- 'What are my rights?'
- 'Do I have responsibilities when I disclose?'
• Dispelling the Myths and Stereotypes
Employers sometimes have fixed views about employing people with disabilities, which are often incorrect. A number of studies have demonstrated that such views are wrong and that people with disabilities can and do succeed in employment.
This section highlights some success stories of university graduates with a disability as well as providing you with facts about people with disabilities including:
- work attendance, productivity rates, job retention
- Occupational Health and Safety
- workplace modifications.
• Negotiating Changes in The Workplace to Meet Your Disability Needs
As a person with a disability, you may require changes to be made to a job recruitment process and/or the job. These changes need to be negotiated with an employer. This section gives advice on how to identify your employment adjustment needs and how to negotiate with an employer to make changes to:
- the job recruitment process
- your job.
• Health Questionnaires and Assessments
Health questionnaires and assessments can be a standard procedure when applying for certain jobs, such as government jobs. Health questionnaires and assessments may ask you specific disability questions. This section provides advice on:
- the Government compulsory health examination process when applying for public sector jobs
- general advice on medical/physical examinations
- whether to disclose your disability.
• Psychometric Assessment - Ability/Aptitude Tests
Due to the competitive nature of recruitment today, there has been an increase in the use of various selection techniques, in particular ability and/or aptitude assessment tests. This section will assist you as a graduate t:
- gain an understanding about ability/aptitude tests and
- how best to prepare for ability/aptitude tests when seeking employment.
• Government Funded Employment Services
It can be very confusing knowing what employment services and programs are available and how they can assist you. This section provides an outline of the government services and programs available, what they can do to assist you to get and keep a job and how you can access them.
This section provides you with information on:
• Summary Diagram of Government Employment Services and Programs Available
• Employment Services:
• Employment Programs:
- Centerlink
- Workplace Modifications Scheme
- Technology Assistance
- Supported Wage System
- Wage Subsidy Scheme
- New Enterprise Incentive Scheme
• Other Services and Programs:
There are a number of university services available to assist you with careers and disability information. It is important to investigate what services are provided at your university whilst you are studying to ensure that you are prepared when you start looking for work.
This section provides information about:
• Private Personnel Agencies, Employment Services, Recruitment Consultants:
These services are private organisations that assist employers to find people their jobs. You may choose to join one of these services to assist you to get a job in your chosen field.
This section provides information about these organisations, specifically:
- what these organisations provide
- how they can assist you to find the job in your area of expertise
- how to access these organisations.
• Other Employment Opportunities Available at University
It is important to know as much as you can about how to get a job and keep it so do your homework and investigate what's out there. It is also important to know who to contact should you need advice and assistance. To assist you, this section provides:
