Job searching
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Job hunting
Job seekers
Guide
Discovery Record and Business/Job Seeker Compatibility Analysis
Two practical guides with fillable forms designed to help initiate the Customised Employment process for people with disability. Customised Employment tailors a job or self-employment to fit the interests, contributions and conditions for success of a person, while also meeting the needs of a business or the market for a product or service.
Guide
Starting to look for a job: a guide for young people with disability
Finding employment is empowering. It can build independence, skills and relationships. Sometimes though, it can be hard to know what kind of job you would like to do, or if your employer is inclusive of people with disability. This guide is to help young people with a disability get started in finding a job.
Briefing paper
Tasmania’s regional jobs hubs network
The Regional Jobs Hubs network brings local employers and jobseekers together to create employment pathways and training and job outcomes for Tasmanians in their local communities. This paper provides an overview of the initiative. It finds that the network has had a real impact and provides a working example of a place-based network operating at...
Journal article
Advocating for consumers experiencing vulnerability: a typology and research agenda
This paper aims to introduce a typology of service advocates to address a gap in existing literature regarding how transformative service mediators (TSMs) manage both access to resources and empowerment for consumers experiencing vulnerability.
Guide
Customised Employment explainer for employers
Customised Employment is a mutually beneficial employment relationship between an employee with a disability and their employer. The relationship is based on the specific contributions of an employee that meet identified areas of benefit to an employer. This guide helps when preparing for an initial meeting with an employer/potential employer. It describes Customised Employment, as...