Start of the second round of the myAbility Talent® programme in May 2025

Getting (back) into work is a challenge for many people with disabilities, chronic or mental disorders and neurodivergence.
How do you go about networking, what can you bear in mind in an interview and should your diagnosis be mentioned in the application process or not?
These and many other questions are on people's minds as they search for the next step in their career.

This is exactly where our myAbility Talent® programme offers valuable support and helps people to take important steps successfully.

What awaits participants in the myAbility Talent® programme from mid-May 2025? And how can you register for the programme or even express an interest in taking part in spring 2026?

• 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 that would like to get to know the participants personally as specialists and junior staff. Through all coaching sessions, talented individuals learn to communicate their own strengths and requirements confidently in a professional context.
• Companies are also being 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 other opportunities to get to know each other as part 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 by 18 May 2025 at the latest, as well as expressions of interest for participation in spring 2026. The available places are always sold out quite quickly and we allocate them chronologically. So it's worth registering early!

Participation in the programme is free of charge. More information about the programme and registration can be found here.