Transition to Employment – Useful Links

Information for Students

Disclosure

AHEAD’s Booklet on Disclosure

TCD Career’s Service Resources

Plan your Career: These resources from the TCD Careers’ Service aim to help you to better understand your interests, values and skills.
Careers Advisor: You can contact your Careers’ Advisor to make an appointment to discuss your future.
Vac work: For holiday work opportunities and internships.

 

Job Hunting Resources:

Disability Specific

Willing Able Mentoring works in partnership with public and private sector employers to secure paid internships for graduates with disabilities.
Employability: offers a job matching service that matches business recruitment needs to graduates with disabilities, and supports the employee through the transition process.

General Job Hunting sites:

Gradireland.com: Irish graduate website on which you can search for graduate jobs.
Prospects.ac.uk: UK graduate website on which you can search for both further postgraduate courses and graduate jobs.
Target Jobs : UK website with graduate career advice and jobs.

 

Post-graduate courses:

Postgradireland: Online/Searchable Postgraduate Directory of taught courses in Ireland and links to Irish, UK & international study sites.
Qualifax: Online/Searchable Directory of courses in Ireland

 

Advice for Research Students:

Jobs.ac.uk - Jobs in science, research, academic and administrative employment in Ireland, the UK and elsewhere.
Post-Graduate Researcher – support and guidance for post-graduate researchers through their degree and onto employment.

Information for employers

Information, resources and support for employers:

Disability Awareness Support Scheme: This Fás scheme ensures that managers and other employees maximize their working relationships with colleagues with disabilities.
Fás Reasonable Accommodation Fund: This fund is for companies with disabled employees who are seeking to provide additional supports to assist them with their work or make the workplace more accessible.
Kanchi: Offers knowledge, tools, consulting and training from business and disability experts for its members.
Get AHEAD: is a forum for Graduates with Disabilities.  It also provides information on a range of topics including legal entitlements, inclusive employment and training.

Recruitment schemes for graduates with disabilities:

Willing Able Mentoring works in partnership with public and private sector employers to secure paid internships for graduates with disabilities.
Employability: offers a free job matching service that matches business recruitment needs to graduates with disabilities, and supports both employer and employee through the transition process.