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Originally Posted by MuddyBoots
How did you get those jobs though without any steady prior employment or education or ANYONE who could be a reference? Would it be a problem if I don’t have an address and can’t afford a PO Box so no fixed address and nowhere to send mail? How did you get to or from those jobs if they weren’t in walking distance or had overnight hours when it wouldn’t be safe to walk (not that walking in the day in some spots is safe lol, some dude on a main road pretty much just came up to me and asked me if I do drugs and would like to join. And 10 minutes later another dude was holding up traffic tweaking in an intersection lmao).
I’ll try and get a hold of voc rehab tomorrow, but I’ve heard from others it’s not super helpful resume writing is like “what do you have for prior work experience?” “Nothing that looks good on paper.” “Okay, what can you put down that does look good on paper?” Is basically what I’ve heard they do. And Ticket to work feels sketchy because of the way the employer network works and, trust me, I’ve tried working, earned $200 in a month but had to quit because I became incredibly unstable, and they docked me $300/mo from benefits that they didn’t bump up again until two years and many phone calls and paperwork later. But maybe I just don’t know how to work the system and don’t know how to find people that know how to work the system that are working in my best interest.
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You don’t need prior experience or education for those jobs. Your doctor or therapist could maybe be your reference. For address perhaps you could inquire if you could put homeless or your last address.
I’d not go by you heard. I don’t know about “working the system”. But if you have no employment experience, they’ll help you to find a job that requires no experience.
State’s goal is to get you employed. Yes getting to and from a job is a problem. Is there any bus route?
Focus on disability vocational services not regular vocational services.