[Iabs-talk] FW: Employment Mentoring Project: mentors flier

[Liz Bottner]

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To: Discussion list for NABS, National Alliance of Blind Students.
Subject: Employment Mentoring Project: mentors flier

 

Employment Mentoring Project

Seeking Professionals Who Are Blind 

 

Remember the challenges you faced in finding your first job?? 

Would you like to help a college student who is also blind begin their
career in a profession similar to yours??

 

We are conducting research to see if pairing students who are blind with
mentors in their career fields will help them find employment.

 

BENEFITS

.       Opportunity to mentor a college student who is blind and is
interested in working in your profession

.       Assist in research that seeks to benefit the blind community

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

.       Participate from January 2012 through up to 12 months after your
mentee graduates

.       Help your mentee develop career goals and offer opportunities for
job shadowing

.       Face-to-face contact with mentor 4 hours a month

.       Complete online activities monthly

 

ELIGIBILITY

.       Legal blindness

.       Currently employed or retired from a professional career

.       Has basic computer literacy and knowledge of accessibility
software/hardware needed to access online materials

 

INTERESTED?

.       Complete the eligibility survey at
<http://tiny.cc/mentor-professionals> http://tiny.cc/mentor-professionals

 

.       For more information, contact Jamie O'Mally at Mississippi State
University's Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision at
<mailto:rrtc2 at colled.msstate.edu> rrtc2 at colled.msstate.edu or toll free:
1-800-675-7782

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