For 24 years Alfredo Estrada, Jr. was an airplane mechanic for United Airlines. Read this blog post to find out how Alfredo returned to the aviation field after losing his vision. Read our blog here.
Kevin Southworth grew up with limited hearing but learned to deal with it and had a great career. As an adult he worked as an IT professional while at the same time marrying and having three children. Born with Usher Syndrome, a congenital condition which can cause deafness and blindness, Kevin experienced a dramatic vision … Continue reading Kevin Southworth Lands Job in Seattle Thanks to Employment Immersion
Fifty two year-old Keith Kolb grew up in a small town in Texas and moved to San Francisco in 1993, where he promptly fell in love with the city. He has worked for internet companies throughout most of his career, in tech support, customer service and in other capacities. Though blind in his left eye … Continue reading Employment Immersion Graduate Keith Kolb Hired by Internet Company Acteva
Three years ago, looking squarely at a 62 percent unemployment rate for career age blind and low vision adults, the LightHouse for the Blind decided to do something about it. The Bay Area blind and low vision community was in dire need of help getting the skills and confidence they need to be successful in … Continue reading Employment Immersion New Hires Salary Now Breaks the $1 Million Mark
Even over the phone, Colleen Collins radiates a calm energy that makes you feel like you are the center of her world, for that moment. It’s no surprise that she has been in the business of caring for people, in one way or another, throughout her career. “I worked in Pediatric Intensive Care at Kaiser for … Continue reading Blind Nurse Colleen Collins, a LightHouse Employment Immersion Client, Lands a Job at American Care Quest
When we reflect on the first year and a half of the Employment Immersion program we are filled with a sense of pride knowing we have been involved in changing the lives of the people we serve in a most remarkable way. We have a successful placement rate of 35% of the participants (a rate … Continue reading Employment Successes: Laurie Van Allen
Vita Zavoli is an expert at accessible technology and has put these skills to good use for more than 28 years. Vita, who is fully blind, studied computer science in college and has had a long career in technology as a help-desk person, in computer sales and as Training Supervisor at Baruch College in New … Continue reading Employment Successes: Vita Zavoli Consults With Oracle
The LightHouse is proud to announce another employment success that we have been glad to contribute to. Employment Immersion Program graduate Lisa Gorden-Cushman has just landed a job as dormitory supervisor at Orientation Center for the Blind (OCB), a residential school run by the California Department of Rehabilitation. Lisa, who has been blind since birth, … Continue reading Our Latest Employment Success
For many years Joe Donaldson worked in commercial construction as a crew foreman. Then, two years ago, he lost one of his eyes due to an accident during a game of Ping-Pong. At that point, he evaluated his options and decided to make a career change. After discussion with his Department of Rehabilitation counselor, Joe … Continue reading Joe Donaldson Rejoins the Work Force With Help From LightHouse Employment Immersion Program
These are MP3 files of the presentations.Watch the YouTube videos instead. What happens when you gather forty-four jobseekers with twenty employment facilitators over a period of four days? You get depth, intensity, focus, support, and a big dose of the reality that a good jobseeker needs. The LightHouse held its first Employment Summit in early … Continue reading Listen to the Employment Summit 2011
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