[nabs-l] vr counselors and job support

[Joshua Lester]

LWSB was a job placement center.
You'd go, and they'd train you for the IRS programs.
If you work with VR, you'll know, they'll try to send you to LWSB, or
a center like it!
Blessings, Joshua

On 5/13/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well, I couldn’t think of a good subject line for this complex issue.
>
> I’ll say that I graduated in 2009 with a general BA degree in liberal
> studies; kind of where you make your won program to complete a degree; I
> picked  my concentrations of social sciences and communication. Then after
> some training at our state center, I pursued a writing certificate at Nova,
> northern Virginia community college.  I’m finishing that next semester.  I
> wanted to add more to my resume and take classes specific to writing, so
> this was a good investment for me.  My career goal is broad; in this economy
> you cannot be too picky, whether you are blind or not.
> I desire to work in something to help people. I’m thinking outreach,
> communication, customer service, or development.  I want to work with a team
> of people in an office.
>
> That is some background.  Now as we all know getting a job is tough with the
> down economy and most jobs are gotten via networking anyway.
> I networked via a disability mentoring day for customs and border patrol; I
> was refered for a unpaid internship in section 508 compliance after
> following up with the disability program manager. I intend to get this
> internship once going through their rigorrous background check.
>
> Well, I’m frustrated with my vr counselor.  I tell her I’m looking for work
> and explain barriers like lack of experience; visual tasks in entry level
> jobs that include filing, sorting mail, data entry etc, etc.
> She schedules a meeting with me to talk over my case and I wonder if she is
> forcing a service on me for which it will do no good.
>
> I then tell her about my internship to end the call. “well, you are good at
> finding internships, but lets look for a real job.” How insulting! After  I
> just told her I looked and few entry level jobs there and to put down an
> internship where my foot will be in the door in the government  that may
> lead somewhere is insulting.
>
> Have anyone of you worked with or  known people who worked with job
> placement specialists?  This counselor wants to refer me
> to one. I am skeptical he can help me unless he actually takes me out to go
> in person to employers, its called cold calls. I asked her what he’d do for
> me and she was real vague.
> “He’ll send you job leads.” she said.  She said something about job
> announcements.
>
> I’ll get more info in the meeting. But I just am not sure I should work with
> him. I mean it sounds on the surface like a waste of time.  I’d rather have
> vr work with me on things like a good cover letter, interview skills,
> professional dos and don’ts, stuff like that. So, I’m wondering if any of
> you had this service and how it went.
>
> Ashley
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