[NABS-L] Fwd: Paid internship opportunities for students and graduates with disabilities.

[Cricket Bidleman]

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> From: Edward Davis <1stamendmented at gmail.com>
> Date: October 4, 2022 at 12:18:59 MST
> To: Cricket Bidleman <cricketbidleman at gmail.com>
> Subject: FW: Paid internship opportunities for students and graduates with disabilities.
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> Just thought you would know someone that could benefit from this
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> From: Hoffman, Gregory at DOR <Gregory.Hoffman at dor.ca.gov> 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 11:56 AM
> To: Hoffman, Gregory at DOR <Gregory.Hoffman at dor.ca.gov>
> Subject: Paid internship opportunities for students and graduates with disabilities.
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> Hello,
> I received  the below information from our Director Peter Dawson and am passing it along for your review. It is time sensitive so please act fast if you have any student or graduate in mind that may be able to pursue this.
> Attached is additional information. Below is Mr. Dawson’s review. Please see the attached excellent internship opportunities with the Federal Government.  Note the application deadline coming up quickly on October 13. This application happens only once a year. Any interested students or graduates should apply as early as possible as the Federal Government process in general is thorough and takes some time and effort to complete. However, the effort is worth it. Many apply for these, and I would encourage applicants to do a professional job on their application.
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> This program has been one of the most impressive programs that I have seen work for both BFS and VRED college students and graduates to obtain these internships and to be able to prove themselves and determine whether the job is the right fit for them.  Many of these have led to permanent outstanding jobs with excellent pay and benefits. Most allow opportunities for promotion within the agency that hired them as well as with other Federal agencies throughout the country. Another critically important piece of these internships is that if the agency providing the internship would like to hire the student or graduate after the internship is completed, the employer can do so through a “Schedule A”  hiring process without going through the regular competitive process usually required for these jobs. As many of you know, these jobs are very competitive in general. Therefore, the ability to obtain an internship because the employer is intentionally seeking people with disabilities out and to then be able to hire the intern through the Schedule A non-competitive process is an unusual opportunity that should not be ignored.   
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> Gregory Hoffman, MS, CRC
> Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor -QRP
> Blind Field Services
> Department of Rehabilitation
> 570 Rancheros Dr. Suite 170
> San Marcos, CA 92069
> Phone: (760) 510-5851
> Email: Gregory.Hoffman at dor.ca.gov
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