[nabs-l] Advice needed for summer as a college student

Lizzy lizzym0827 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 31 14:03:12 UTC 2016


Hi Shikah,
The best advice I can probably give you is to volunteer so that 
you can get work experience.  In general, you need to have a 
solid resume and references before you can get a paid job because 
people don't really want to take chances with their money (and by 
that, I mean they want proof that you work hard outside the 
classroom).  On another note, if you are a student receiving work 
study, I think (I'm not 100% sure how this works college by 
college) that they have to provide opportunities for you to work 
on campus.  If this is something that you have not been taking 
advantage of so that you can have time for studies, I would 
definitely consider it for the spring semester.
	As far as working at a training center, more than anything 
you need to have good references, blindness skills and it 
helps if you're familiar with the Federation.  Have you 
gotten training at a center before? Perhaps, they can give 
you a reference.  Part of your job will be cooking dinner 
with students (even if you're not a home management 
instructor), and traveling with students on weekends (even 
if you're not a travel instructor).  You also must be very 
responsible and communicate well but that's pretty universal 
for work in general.  You also must be able to manage stress 
well because it's pretty much a nonstop job (you definitely 
get time off but if you're not from the area and don't have 
friends locally you might choose to stay near the apartments 
which can still feel like you're working).  If you have any 
other specific questions, let me know.
Keep in mind that I'm only speaking from my experience- I've only 
worked one summer at one training program (and I'm a little 
biased because I absolutely loved it but I'll try to stay 
objective here).

HTH,
Lizzy




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