[acb-hsp] FW: NEW! Career Clusters: Use AFB CareerConnect in a whole new way!

[Baracco, Andrew W]

FYI!

Andy

 

 

From: Joe Strechay [mailto:JStrechay at afb.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:03 PM
To: jstrechay at gmail.com
Subject: NEW! Career Clusters: Use AFB CareerConnect in a whole new way!

 

Career Clusters: Use AFB CareerConnect in a whole new way!

 

Can you remember thinking about careers while growing up?  I can
remember wanting to be a marine biologist or park ranger.  AFB
CareerConnect (www.afb.org/cc) has always offered persons the
opportunity to connect with their mentors, but now they are offering
something brand new.  

 

CareerConnect just launched the Career Clusters, a new option on
exploring careers and connecting with mentors.  Career Clusters allows a
much more user-friendly experience when navigating careers and
connecting with mentors.  Connect with mentors specific to the fields
via message boards.  These message boards are associate to the field and
monitored by mentors working in that career field.

 

I can't say that we have marine biology or park ranger as a field, yet,
but we started by launching law, counseling, health, and education.
CareerConnect plans to launch more "clusters" in the near future.  If
you don't find the career that you are interested in the Career
Clusters, you can always check out our other career exploration options.
Go explore these Career Clusters and let us know what you think!  

 

If you haven't had the opportunity to check out  the free, self paced,
online, employment process course called The Job Seeker's Toolkit.  This
is a great resource to utilize with students and clients with visual
impairments who are interested in employment.  Plus, professionals can
be associated with users, enable users to send their assignments to an
associated professional.  

 

Career Clusters Link:
http://www.afb.org/CareerConnect/users/browse_by_cluster.asp
<http://www.afb.org/CareerConnect/users/browse_by_cluster.asp> 

Other ways to explore careers:

http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=7&TopicID=209&SubTopicID=63
<http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=7&TopicID=209&SubTopicID=63> 

Job Seeker's Toolkit:

http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=7&TopicID=209&DocumentID=5319
<http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=7&TopicID=209&DocumentID=5319>


 

Sincerely,

Joe Strechay

 

 

 

Joe Strechay 
CareerConnect Project Associate 
American Foundation for the Blind 
AFB 
1000 Fifth Avenue, Suite 350 
Huntington, WV 25701 
Phone: 304-710-3029 
Fax: 646-478-9260 
e-mail: jstrechay at afb.net 
Website: www.afb.org 
Website: www.afb.org/cc 
Expanding Possibilities for People with Vision Loss 

 

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