Remember that any job interview is a two way street, they’re interviewing you and you’re interviewing them to make sure they’re also the right fit for you. I work in a clinical position in a major hospital system here in the US, and when interviewing for my current job turned down at least two offers that were great on paper, but not really interested in supporting me. Personally, I’m only interested in working in an environment where I’m valued and respected, not just the token disabled person.

Best of luck!

I did a little looking on Google with the search terms “UK” and “blind” and “employment” and the first organization that popped up is one called Blind in Business and seems to help blind Brits get job placement. I’ll attach the link to the webpage. There is a telephone number at the bottom of the page, but I don’t know if I can put it in a Reddit comment or if that will get me banned. https://blindinbusiness.org.uk


The second link I’m posting is the second link on Google that has lists of job offerings in the UK for people who are blind or partially sighted. It’s a bit longer of a url. https://uk.indeed.com/m/jobs?q=Blind+Partially+Sighted

It looks like RNIB is a UK organization for the blind and partially sighted and they have a website article that talks about applying there for a job. They also might have suggestions for job offerings as well. This is that link. https://www.rnib.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs-rnib

Well, maybe it's encouraging to think about the fact that you've only gone to two interviews and I guess only one of them you were really interested in, so it's not like you've been turned down a hundred times! But still I get that it isn't great.

I think if you are going for a full time day job then a bigger company is a better bet than a smaller one, because frankly if you need anything special to do the job, depending what it is of course, then they will probably be better positioned to give you that thing. I used to work for a big international company and while it was an office job I was able to end up managing people and on the rare occasions I needed something I got it. They bought me a copy of Jaws for instance, and put it on the laptop.

Maybe I was lucky there, but either way I would encourage anyone to consider going self employed. That's what I eventually did and there's no better and more understanding boss than yourself! Of course that's not really true, you still have bosses, but it is much more normal for every job to involve a discussion up front about what they want, what you're going to do, how long it will take and how much it will cost them. It is much more difficult to get them to do anything special you need, although that doesn't really apply much to my job other than sometimes cab rides. But the flexibility and the ability to negotiate everything is just awesome and makes life so much easier.

Obviously self employment isn't for everyone but I would think about it depending what you want to end up doing in ten years.

keep an excell spreadsheet and submit 20 job apps a day for companies you want to work for. Make your resume stand out, make your volunteer work part of your resume. make your cover letter stand out. Btw i'm not a job coatch, I happen to be taking a class in all of this as I'm trying to get work myself, or at least a better job than I have now.

Hey, I don’t have much advice because I’m in a similar position as you but just wanted to wish you good luck. You could always consider working for the NHS in their band 2 or 3 categories, that can involve reception type work or admin stuff from what I remember. Totally understand your frustration though!

Also UK - have you considered the civil service? Huge numbers of jobs including entry level/graduate level, massive support for people with different needs including blindness/VI; a previous teammate of mine was blind and has now gone onto a really prestigious post!

There’s also a subreddit /r/TheCivilService which has loads of helpful info on it.

Not sure about the UK, but in the US, job hunting is such a numbers game and is such a grind, even if you are not blind. It requires so much effort; it's practically its own job!

Take a look at the civil service. known as being quite friendly to employing disabled people