[Job-Discussions] Career counseling

[Amy Jine]

Hi Chelsea,

I’m a transition program specialist at Vista Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired in CA. I’m happy to help you with career planning & exploration as well. I teach job readiness, college prep and independent living skills to youth ages 14-24 who are blind and visually impaired.

Amy
ajine at vistacenter.org

> On Feb 26, 2021, at 10:49 AM, Karen Rose via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Chelsea. I am totally blind career counselor and psychotherapist in private practice. I would love to help you if I can. Please feel free to respond to this email and I can give you my phone number. :-) Karen Rose MFT
> 
> Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net
> 
>> On Feb 26, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Chelsea Dye via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I don't know if this post is allowed, but I need to speak to someone.
>> 
>> I'm totally blind, and I'm a college graduate.
>> 
>> I'm a certified Braille transcriptionist, but I haven't had any work
>> in over a year. I had a web site, but no one contacted me for work.
>> 
>> I currently am a part-time transcriptionist, working my own schedule.
>> It's a nice job, but I'm looking for a career.
>> 
>> I've tried taking those stupid career tests online, but I'm not
>> putting any stock in them after the very first result they gave me for
>> a possible career was airline pilot, followed closely by elevator
>> repairperson, followed by various engineering fields.
>> 
>> I've worked in a call center for 4 years, and I promised myself I'd
>> never do it again.
>> 
>> I'd like to know where to turn at this point, because I'm not
>> satisfied with anything I've tried in the past. I have ideas about
>> what I want to do, but nothing's working out. I've considered law
>> school, but that's another at least 4 years. I've considered being an
>> interpreter, but my language skills aren't good enough, which would
>> entail even more education I don't have money for. Same thing with
>> political science. I could apply, but my undergraduate GPA isn't good
>> enough to get me in.
>> 
>> I work with my local county board of developmental disabilities, but I
>> don't have a support specialist at the moment. The person I tried
>> contacting was extremely rude. I'm not working with voc rehab, because
>> I've had sub-par experience with them in the past. They're the ones
>> that put me up in Cleveland in the first place.
>> 
>> So if anyone has any advice for me, I'd appreciate it.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Chelsea
>> 
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