Same job, different journey

The realities of disabled and non-disabled student job seekers are changing, but how can employers respond?

This was the question we posed in this collaborative webinar with Cibyl, MyPlus and Capgemini.

8% of students who dropped out of recruitment processes, cited that there were no reasonable adjustments available that suited their needs (Cibyl Graduate UK Survey 2025).

Plus, 18% of students have a disability or long-term health condition (UK Gov).

That's a nearly a fifth of your potential applicant pool.

But...

• Why are disabled students not be applying to your roles?

• Which assessment stages are more likely to result in disabled candidates dropping out?

• What onboarding approaches and tools are best practice for engaging and supporting new joiners with a disability?

We discussed the key differences between disabled and non-disabled job seekers from our Cibyl School Leaver and Graduate survey data.

We delved into the approaches that can be taken to ensure employers are disability inclusive and are maximising their talent pool courtesy of advice from MyPlus.

Capgemini also shared their best practice approach in how they're supporting disabled candidates and new joiners.

Speakers:

Lisa Marris, Head of Research, Cibyl

Cibyl are the UK's largest student careers research and consultancy business, with over 100,000 respondents annually from 2,000+ schools and 160+ universities.

Helen Cooke, CEO, MyPlus

MyPlus is widely recognised as one of the UK's leading experts in disability employment with a particular expertise in student recruitment. Helen founded MyPlus in 2005 with the vision of ensuring that having a disability or long-term health condition doesn’t prevent anyone from having the career they want to have. The uniqueness of Helen’s approach comes from her expertise in HR and student recruitment combined with her first-hand experience of disability; Helen is a wheelchair user as a result of a childhood spinal injury.

Suzy Style, UK Head of Early Careers Talent Acquisition, Capgemini

Suzy leads on all early careers recruitment at Capgemini, having had spells at bp, Grant Thornton and Accenture over a 25+ year recruitment career.

GTI is proud to be an inclusive employer and work on impactful award-winning campaigns with employers, such as Tesco. In the last year alone, we have picked up the following awards in recognition for our commitment to inclusive recruitment technology and processes:

• June 2026 - ISE Awards - Outstanding Dedication to EDI in Early Talent

• June 2026 - Talent Labs Awards - Best Diversity & Inclusion Strategy

• September 2025 - TIARA Talent Solutions Awards Europe - The Inclusive Recruitment Award