March 19, 2008
Different Services for Those in Different Career Stages
My name is Cheryl Cumings. I currently run Our space Our Place, Inc. a Boston based non profit which provides a year round after school and career exploration program for blind youth.
Prior to this, I worked at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. While there I created a Summer Internship Program for blind college students. It soon became evident that in order to successfully implement this program, we would have to make a few changes to the way the agency operated. Working with the Director of Technology we were able to shorten the time for a technology assessment and to ensure that a student had the equipment he/she needed to do the tasks for the Internship. I have always wondered if there is a disconnect between the assistance a blind job seeker would like to receive from his/her state agency and the type of services the state agency provides.
Therefore, I would like to invite you to share your ideas, your experiences, your opinions about the type of services you would like to receive from your state agency while job hunting and whether these are the services which are available. Should a state agency offer different services to job hunters who are just starting out versus someone who is seeking assistance to switch jobs?
Posted by Cheryl Cumings at 10:56 AM | Comments (11)