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Back|Muhammed Kaan: Disability and opportunities on the labor market
Muhammed Kaan: Disability and opportunities on the labor market
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Die Zeit·4 days ago·Labor·1 min read·🇩🇪Germany·

Muhammed Kaan: Disability and opportunities on the labor market

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  • Muhammed Kaan, 31 years old, reaches around 400,000 people with his technology videos on Tiktok.
  • As a trained office clerk, he had to repeatedly prove on the traditional job market that his physical disability said nothing about his abilities.

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Muhammed Kaan is 31 years old and works as a trained office clerk. In addition to his job, he creates technology videos on Tiktok that have a reach of around 400,000 people.

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Muhammed Kaan is 31 years old and today he reaches around 400,000 people on Tiktok with his technology videos. On the traditional job market, however, the trained office clerk had to show again and again that his physical disability says nothing about what he can do.

DIE ZEIT: When did you realize that your disability was affecting your chances on the job market?

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  • ?How exactly does the disability manifest itself in the application process?
  • ?What specific barriers did he encounter in the job market?
  • ?What are his long-term career plans?

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  • Muhammed Kaan, 31 years old, reaches around 400,000 people with his technology videos on Tiktok.
  • As a trained office clerk, he had to repeatedly prove on the traditional job market that his physical disability said nothing about his abilities.

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