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If you have a disability or long-term health condition we want you to be aware of the support and resources available through the Careers & Employability Service to develop your employability and gain employment.

This includes one-to-one appointments tailored to your needs, practical resources and links with inclusive employers and opportunities.

We support undergraduates from 1st year, postgraduates and postgraduate research students. We also support you for 5 years after graduation.

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MyPlus Students’ Club

The Careers & Employability Service has partnered with MyPlus Students’ Club. They provide disabled students, and graduates with the advice and support they need to navigate the recruitment process and achieve their career potential.

Register for free with MyPlus Students’ Club for advice on openness, requesting adjustments and access to many more resources

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You can access them all via quick links on the Careers Service website

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Vacancy portal (we call it MyCareerHub)

Careers modules:

Undergraduate Careers module

Postgraduate Careers Module

Employability Skills for Autistic Students and Graduates

Careers Toolkit (interactive resources):​

CV360 – instant feedback on your CV​

Interview simulator​

Career assessments​

Practice psychometric tests​

Short courses: Choosing my career​, Writing your CV and cover letter​, Application forms​ Interview preparation​, Get started with LinkedIn​ (You can access them all from the APPLY tab in the Toolkit menu)

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Information enquiries: on campus/via email/phone​

Individual Appointments (on campus or via teams)​

Guidance appointments​

Practice interviews​

CV/application/cover letter advice and feedback

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Learn more about our services

Learn more about our appointments and how to book them

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Information sessions (on campus or via teams)​

Employer recruitment events​

Campus fairs​

Industry-focussed events​

Postgraduate study events​

Equality and diversity events​

International job search and careers events​

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Learn more about events

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Please tell us if you require enhanced support or adjustments

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Please tell us if you require enhanced support or adjustments

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When booking a guidance appointment or a practice interview please use the comments box to tell us if you have any access requirements or need any adjustments:

You do not need to be registered with the Disability and Wellbeing Service.

This information will only be shared with your Careers Consultant, enabling them to support you better.

Please tell us about any access requirements you have and what adjustments we could make that would enable us to better support you. This might include, for example: written materials, follow up email summarising discussion, longer appointment, meeting elsewhere on campus

When booking to attend our fairs we invite you to tell us if you need support on the day. For example, a quiet space or a guide to assist you with meeting employers.

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Practical resources can be accessed via the Careers & Employability Service Equality & Diversity web pages.

These include:

Information and useful links

Resources on being open and reasonable adjustments

Links to inclusive employers and opportunities

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Resources to support you with being open and requesting reasonable adjustments:

MyPlus Students Club series of Disability Careers Guides will provide you with all the advice you need on topics such as the benefits of being open, accounting for differences on your CV, asking for adjustments in the recruitment process and how to position your disability as a positive.

British Dyslexia Association guidance on reasonable adjustments in the workplace

Getting a graduate job with dyslexia - advice from TARGETjobs

Prospects - Example of how to disclose a disability in a cover letter

It is quite common to be asked to complete a medical questionnaire when applying for a job or when you're offered a job. This blog post from the AGCAS Disability Task Group explains why and provides useful tips on how to deal with medical questionnaires.

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TOOLKIT: The Student Adjustments Planner could provide a useful tool to support you in the workplace. This includes part-time work, volunteering, placements, internships, or graduate employment. It will enable you to to identify any extra support or arrangements you might need.

This blog provides some more information on what it is, how a disabled student could use it and what careers practitioners can do to support you.

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Access to Work is a grant that supports people with a health condition or disability to overcome barriers at work (this could include paid work experience for a fixed term eg summer internship or a placement).

Learn more about Access to Work

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Recordings of past events that have a specific focus on Equality and Diversity

student access

graduate access

My Plus Universities Club - Requesting adjustments and support during the recruitment process

My Disability My ‘Plus’: Identifying your unique strengths

EmployAbility: Disability - Navigating hidden barriers in recruitment

EmployAbility: Mental Health and Disabilities - Discussing your adjustments with employers with confidence

EmployAbility: Adjustments and support for recruitment and the workplace: Dyslexia

EmployAbility : Neurodiversity - navigating hidden barriers to recruitment

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Blind in Business is a national charity that helps blind and partially sighted people into work:

We can help to look through your CV and cover letters, as well as assist with job applications.

We can also give you advice on topics such as reasonable adjustments and disability disclosure.

If you would be interested in our services, which are free of charge, we can arrange a virtual one to one appointment. During this session, we can discuss the support you may need. We can put together a tailored plan of action with you moving forward, helping you become recruitment ready.

We look forward to hearing from you!

To make an appointment email: emma@blindinbusiness.org.uk

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If you have any questions please email yourcareer@strath.ac.uk or use Ask a Question when logged in to MyCareerHub

If you would like a confidential meeting with a Careers Consultant please book an appointment - remember to tell us if you require any adjustments so we can better support you.

If you prefer to speak to someone in person come along to our Careers Reception Desk on level 4 of the Learning & Teaching Building (Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell Wing).

You can also contact our reception team by email at yourcareer@strath.ac.uk or telephone 0141 574 5090

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Employability Skills for Autistic Students and Graduates

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Employability Skills for Autistic Students and Graduates

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Hosted on Udemy, Employability Skills for Autistic Students and Graduates is a short employability course made with and for autistic people.

(The Graduate Futures Institute, the professional body for University Careers Services was a partner on this project).

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IMAGE Employability Toolkit - Improving Employability of Autistic Graduates in Europe

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IMAGE Employability Toolkit - Improving Employability of Autistic Graduates in Europe

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This toolkit offers tools designed to help you navigate the transition from university into employment.

Learn about the steps and challenges involved in choosing a career, applying for a job, and settling into the workplace.

The toolkit includes “How to…” articles and case studies from across Europe.

There is an interactive profile builder that turns strengths, challenges and preferences into templates to print or email.

(The Graduate Futures Institute - the professional body for University Careers Services - members were a partner on this project).

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We support students and graduates to:

explore career options​

understand the opportunities available ​

make career related decisions​

find work experience​

understand and prepare for recruitment processes​

find a job​

apply to further study​

Find out more about our services

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What the Careers & Employability Service does

How we support disabled students and graduates

The range of resources available

How to access our support and resources