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Burlington -Work Start

For more information, contact Adam Tower 651-1676 [email protected] Every Tuesday, 10-11:30 8 week schedule/ rotation week 1- Introductions and Resumes week 2- Resumes and References week 3- Interviewing part 1- the basics about interviewing skills week 4- Guest presenter week 5- Mock interviewing- round 1. Members from local businesses, including Fletcher Allen Health Care, will be […]

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Job Start – Brattleboro

Are You Looking for a Job? Come see us. JOB START Weekly meeting at VABIR/Vocational Rehabilitation Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to Noon 28 Vernon Street, 4th Floor Everyone who is looking for a (better) job is welcome No sign up or advance enrollment is necessary Topic Presentations by Ben & Jim Group problem solving Job search […]

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SRC Glossary of Rehabilitation Terms & Acronyms (26 – C)

26 = status designation for a successful closure in VR. 504 = Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act protects various civil rights of people with disabilities. [ARCDallas] AA = Alcoholics Anonymous [Snelling Center] AAA (sometimes referred to as “triple-A”) = Area Agency on Aging [DAIL] AABD = Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled [Snelling […]

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Central Vermont (Barre, Montpelier) BAC

Lamoille/Washington County Business Advisory Council Contact List Pamela Ankuda: Vermont Technical College, 728-1538, [email protected] Steve Bousquet: Lamoille Area Chamber of Commerce, 888-7607, [email protected] Brenda Comstock: Central VT Chamber of Commerce, 229-5711, [email protected] Rossie Conklin: State of Vermont, Human Resources, 828-1509, [email protected] Jeff Cosslett: Union Bank, 888-6600, [email protected] Danielle Dahline: CCV-Morriville, 888-4258, [email protected] Jane Delaricheliere: Stoweflake […]

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Disability Mentoring Day™

Save The Date: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15, 2008 – Disability Mentoring Day™ is a large-scale, broad-based effort designed to promote career development for students and other job seekers with disabilities (mentees) through hands-on career exploration, job shadowing, and internship or employment opportunities, and matching of mentee/mentor relationships. Disability Mentoring Day: Career Development for the 21st Century, […]

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Tilting at Windmills: Changing Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities

Negative attitudes toward employees with disabilities can result in discrimination (Scope, 2003, Shapiro, 1994). Companies, agencies, and organizations are composed of individuals with their own attitudes and beliefs about people with disabilities. Co-workers will draw conclusions regarding the people with whom they work. Supervisors and management staff will make decisions that affect employees. The individual […]

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