[Job-Discussions] Career counseling

[Shelly Kane]

Chelsea:


I have had a lot of problems with Voc Rehav as well and I wouldn't 
recommend them to you.  What kind of transcription are you doing 
part-time?  What was your degree in from college?  Being a Braille 
transcriptionist, you should call the Talking Book and Braille Library 
and see if they need any Braille transcriptionists.  I'm not sure if you 
would get a full-time job but that may be a place to start.  Hope this 
helps.  I have looked into medical transcription but unfortunately, 
there isn't a lot of jobs in that anymore.  Everything has gone 
computerized where the doctors can input their own information into the 
computer.  I would never work in a call center either.  People tried to 
get me to do that but I said no right away.

Shelly

On 2/26/2021 11:19 AM, Chelsea Dye via Job-Discussions 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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