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Old Sep 19, 2007, 07:56 PM
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Ok WOW. I don't know if I will be able to express how impressed I am. My councelor has been doing his job for over 30 years and it shows. He basically got all my info, my limitations, my job history, my career that I left behind and want to get back to etc etc etc. I told him I've put out resumes, some disclosing my disability, some not and haven't heard anything.

He explained how school is an option but I told him I want the quickest way to make money. He said ok, they'll get me working and then in a year or 2 or 5 if I decide to go to school and can afford less income, THEY'LL STILL PAY FOR IT. Basically they'll be my advocates for life.

I told him I want to be a phlebotomist again and he said ok. I'll actually have a liaison between me and the companies I'll apply to. They'll help me revamp my resume, and they'll explain to the companies what my assets are, and also that I am not a liability.

He said many companies fear that hiring a person with a disability will make their insurance rates go up, and these people will explain to the companies that that simply isn't true. He told me they will even tell the company to hire me and voc rehab will pay half my wages, just to prove to the company that I am good worker.

He said I will be back to work in my field in a month to 2 at the most.

I am most satisfied.
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