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Oakland’s ASSETS program helps seniors go back to work.

The City of Oakland Department of Human services offers ASSETS, a program to help seniors return to the workplace.

ASSETS Senior Employment Opportunities Program offers FREE job placement and training services to residents of Alameda County who are 55 years and older. You can earn minimum wage while getting the training needed to make the…

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Getting the most out of your summer internship as a disabled student.

Check out Disability.gov's recent blog post from guest blogger Jennifer Kemp from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP):

“12 years ago I interviewed to be a part of the Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) - a program that connects federal employers with college students and recent graduates with disabilities to place…

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NBP edition of "Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online"

National Braille Press now offers a Braille version of Alison Doyle's book Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online

If you are looking for a new job in today's competitive market, using online job search tools is an absolute must. But where do you start? Which online sites…

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NBP edition of “Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online”

National Braille Press now offers a Braille version of Alison Doyle's book Internet Your Way to a New Job: How to Really Find a Job Online

If you are looking for a new job in today's competitive market, using online job search tools is an absolute must. But where do you start? Which online sites…

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"Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for Blind Users," Tek Talk.

Recently, Anna Dresner discussed her book, Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for Blind Users, on Tek Talk.

Social networking is now a key skill in finding job opportunities and even in insuring on-the-job success. Learn more about the ins and outs of social networking to look for work and to continue making…

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“Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for Blind Users,” Tek Talk.

Recently, Anna Dresner discussed her book, Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for Blind Users, on Tek Talk.

Social networking is now a key skill in finding job opportunities and even in insuring on-the-job success. Learn more about the ins and outs of social networking to look for work and to continue making…

Read More “Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for Blind Users,” Tek Talk.

Disabilities At Work Internet Talk Radio

Live - Every Wednesday at Noon EST!

Disabilities At Work (DAW) Internet Talk Radio focuses on broad areas of interest to people with disabilities, their advocates, and employers.

DAW Radio spotlights businesses that go ‘beyond compliance’ in finding and hiring qualified people with disabilities, or who support people with disabilities through philanthropy or in other ways.…

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Participate in the Smith-Kettlewell wayfinding survey

A message from Josh Miele:

Greetings!

The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (S-K), in collaboration with researchers at Accessible Design for the Blind and U.C. Santa Barbara, is conducting a survey of tools and techniques used by blind and visually-impaired people in their every-day lives. We want to know how you get around, how comfortable you feel…

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Pushing Limits on KPFA Berkeley features Blind Man's Bluff.

Pushing Limits, radio by and for people with disabilities.

Listen live or to the archived recording at
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60304

Description: We're bringing you a dramatic production -- a radio adaptation of scenes from Blind Man's Bluff, a self-published memoir by visually-impaired writer and advocate Geri Taeckens.

Travel with Geri as she collides with the reality of visual impairment and…

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Pushing Limits on KPFA Berkeley features Blind Man’s Bluff.

Pushing Limits, radio by and for people with disabilities.

Listen live or to the archived recording at
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60304

Description: We're bringing you a dramatic production -- a radio adaptation of scenes from Blind Man's Bluff, a self-published memoir by visually-impaired writer and advocate Geri Taeckens.

Travel with Geri as she collides with the reality of visual impairment and…

Read More Pushing Limits on KPFA Berkeley features Blind Man’s Bluff.

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