The myAbility Talent® Program is an established career program for students, recent graduates, and academics with accessibility needs. Over the course of one semester, myAbility Talents benefit from comprehensive career coaching and diverse networking opportunities.

The transition from university to professional life is a challenge for many, especially for students, doctoral candidates, and graduates with disabilities, chronic or mental illnesses, or neurodivergence. How do you approach networking? What should you consider during a job interview? And should you mention your diagnosis in your cover letter or not? These and many other questions concern young people as they search for an internship, part-time job, or their first full-time position.

This is precisely where the myAbility Talent® Program provides valuable support for this transition, helping participants successfully navigate their entry into professional life.

What can participants expect from the myAbility Talent® programme?

• The programme focuses on the individual development of the participating talents.
• Digital coaching sessions on self-presentation and CV design provide optimal preparation for application situations.
• In the course of the programme, this specifically means preparing for short interviews with representatives of companies who would like to get to know the participants personally as specialists and junior staff. Through all coaching sessions, the talents learn to confidently communicate their own strengths and requirements in a professional context.
• The companies are also sensitised to barrier-free processes within their ranks. They have a serious interest in developing into inclusive employers. To this end, they use the discussions with talented individuals as part of our ‘Matching Day’, as well as possible further familiarisation in the context of ‘job shadowing’, i.e. taster days, offered on their own initiative. This Matching Day will take place on 17 and 18 June 2025 at the EPO European Patent Office in Munich.
• Ideally, an internship or employment relationship will result from all the interview, familiarisation and networking moments. However, the programme also focuses on mutual learning about sincere inclusion in professional life and professional exchange at eye level.
• The programme lasts a maximum of six months and requires an investment of around 10 hours per month. It can be easily combined with other existing activities and can also be completed in parallel with public funding programmes.

Registrations will be accepted until 18 May 2025, as well as expressions of interest for spring 2026, but places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. So it pays to apply early!

Participation in the program is free of charge. Participants are expected to travel for networking events, with any associated costs being their responsibility. The location and dates will be announced in advance. Disabilities or chronic illnesses are individual and personal. As such, no documentation or proof is required for participation.

Any questions? Here you’ll find information and contact persons.

You can find details about the program and the registration form at: https://karriere.myability.jobs/myabilitytalent/GERMANY

The two Talent Managers, Viviane and Michael, offer informational consultation hours for those interested:
Appointment Booking with Michael Zakall | Initial Consultation
Appointment Booking with Viviane Martin | Initial Consultatio 

For questions, both can also be reached via email at hello.talent(at)myability(dot)orgor by phone at +43 699 16 56 12 25.