Case Studies

Ollie

A Candidate's Journey

Ollie

From dreading the phone to mentoring the next person through EmployAble’s door.

Ollie identifies as neurodiverse, with learning challenges, and he was one of the first people to walk through EmployAble’s doors, back in November 2024.

By then, he’d already been job hunting for a long time, without much luck. Ollie was very reserved, and the ordinary mechanics of a job search — cold calls, phone interviews — felt especially hard when speaking on the phone made him uncomfortable. The usual advice, just pick up the phone, wasn’t much help.

What made the difference was how practical EmployAble’s support turned out to be. Not vague encouragement, but real structure: tasks broken down into steps, and someone checking back in to make sure each one actually got done.

That approach paid off. EmployAble first helped Ollie into a fixed-term role as a Registration Advisor at the Health and Care Professions Council. It gave him real experience working with a regulatory body — experience that went on to help him land something bigger: a full-time, permanent position as a Qualifications Administrator at the Institution of Civil Engineers in Westminster.

Ollie isn’t just settled in that role now — he’s turned around and offered to help the next person coming through EmployAble’s doors. He has offered to mentor other job seekers, and to walk them through what worked for him: how he found roles, how he followed them up, and how he learned to network on LinkedIn. Another virtuous circle has been created.

Ollie

“I really appreciated EmployAble's support. I liked their practical approach. They helped me break down tasks and followed up to make sure I completed everything we agreed.”

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