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Getting to Work Independently: Transit and Paratransit Training for Employees with Disabilities
Career > Skills Training

Getting to Work Independently: Transit and Paratransit Training for Employees with Disabilities

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...through. What I want you to know is this: the skills and the services are there. You don't have to piece...the bus route." It's a structured, one-on-one skill-building program that teaches route planning, problem-solving,...Rehabilitation (VR) agencies fund travel training as a pre-employment service in most states. If you're working with...
Work-Based Learning and Internships Through VR Programs
Career > Skills Training

Work-Based Learning and Internships Through VR Programs

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...that build career skills before you're job-ready....develop job-specific skills, and build an employment...skills, and build an employment record. VR coordinates...umbrella term for any employment experience designed...designed to build skills. Through your vocational...Individual Plan for Employment (IPE), this can...training (OJT). Paid employment at a business where...manufacturing, or skilled trades. Job...
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
Career > Skills Training

Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation

By Dr. Mia Wilson
...These services, called Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS),...are designed to build job skills while school supports are...academics, independent living, and employment. Pre-ETS delivers specific...pathways that match their skills. This isn't a one-time career...workplaces that match their IEP employment goals. Work-based learning...
Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations
Career > Skills Training

Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations

By Dr. Mia Wilson
Customer service roles open the door to entry-level employment across retail, hospitality, call centers, and...closed door. But they aren't. Customer service skills are teachable, and the path from "this seems impossible"...or just give you a certificate. Communication skills training teaches how to greet customers, ask clarifying...
Skills Assessments and Work Sample Tests: Requesting Testing Accommodations
Career > Interviewing

Skills Assessments and Work Sample Tests: Requesting Testing Accommodations

By Liam Richardson
...coding challenge, or demonstrate a skill on the spot. And you're sitting there...Requesting accommodations for pre-employment tests feels like admitting defeat...sign up for. What Counts as a Pre-Employment Test. Pre-employment tests cover...Counts as a Pre-employment Test. Pre-employment tests cover more than you might think....
Mock Interviews and Interview Coaching for Neurodivergent Job Seekers
Career > Interviewing

Mock Interviews and Interview Coaching for Neurodivergent Job Seekers

By Liam Richardson
...focus on body language, vocal tone, and storytelling frameworks. Those skills matter, but they don't address the specific barriers neurodivergent candidates...Services Every state operates a VR program that provides free or low-cost employment support, including interview coaching, for people with disabilities. Services...
Transferable Skills Assessment: Identifying What You Bring to New Careers
Career > Finding Jobs

Transferable Skills Assessment: Identifying What You Bring to New Careers

By Oliver Bennett
...taught yourself skills online, or coordinated...draw a blank. The skills are there. The challenge...What Transferable Skills Assessment Means....Means. Transferable skills assessment is the...context that apply to employment in another. It's...done, naming the skills those activities...use. Start with a Skills Inventory. List...Self-directed learning or skill development Community...
Functional Resumes vs. Chronological Resumes for Employment Gaps
Career > Finding Jobs

Functional Resumes vs. Chronological Resumes for Employment Gaps

By Oliver Bennett
...companies, and dates first. Your skills emerge from context as they...This format works when your employment history tells a coherent story:...resume organizes content around skill categories instead of job...client relations), then list employment history at the bottom with...difference. You open with a skills summary that establishes your...
American Job Centers: Free Employment Services by State
Career > Finding Jobs

American Job Centers: Free Employment Services by State

By Oliver Bennett
...Act (WIOA). They're physical locations where you can walk in, meet with employment specialists trained in disability accommodation, access job boards with...available through WIOA enrollment. This includes vocational assessment, skills training...
Workplace Readiness Skills: Soft Skills Employers Want
Career > Finding Jobs

Workplace Readiness Skills: Soft Skills Employers Want

By Oliver Bennett
...based on soft skills, and that...readiness skills are the interpersonal...learnable skills, with structured...Weight Soft Skills Heavily. A...rated soft skills as equally...technical skills when hiring....Technical skills can be trained...job. Soft skills predict whether...who may have employment gaps or non-traditional...strong soft skills can offset...Readiness Skills Employers...
Supported Employment Services: Job Coaching and Placement Assistance
Career > Finding Jobs

Supported Employment Services: Job Coaching and Placement Assistance

By Oliver Bennett
...that's where most employment systems fall short....short. Supported employment is built specifically...search to sustained employment: real jobs in...that adjusts as skills develop, not sheltered...What Supported Employment Means. Supported...Means. Supported employment programs place..."competitive integrated employment," which means...matches a person's skills and preferences...
Explaining Employment Gaps Without Disclosing Disability
Career > Finding Jobs

Explaining Employment Gaps Without Disclosing Disability

By Oliver Bennett
...not. What you can't do is fabricate employment that didn't exist or claim you were...absence. A functional resume leads with skills, with employment listed secondarily....functional resume leads with skills, with employment listed secondarily. A hybrid format...secondarily. A hybrid format does both: skills up top, work history below, with a...

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