[nabs] Employment Mentoring Project: mentors flier

[Laura Glowacki, NABS First Vice President]

*Employment Mentoring Project*

*Seeking Professionals Who Are Blind *

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Remember the challenges you faced in finding your first job??

Would you like to help a college student who is also blind begin their 
career in a profession similar to yours??

We are conducting research to see if pairing students who are blind with 
mentors in their career fields will help them find employment.

*BENEFITS*

·Opportunity to mentor a college student who is blind and is interested 
in working in your profession

·Assist in research that seeks to benefit the blind community

*RESPONSIBILITIES*

·Participate from January 2012 through up to 12 months after your mentee 
graduates

·Help your mentee develop career goals and offer opportunities for job 
shadowing

·Face-to-face contact with mentor 4 hours a month

·Complete online activities monthly

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*ELIGIBILITY*

·Legal blindness

·Currently employed or retired from a professional career

·Has basic computer literacy and knowledge of accessibility 
software/hardware needed to access online materials

*INTERESTED?*

·*Complete the eligibility survey at *http://tiny.cc/mentor-professionals**

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·For more information, contact Jamie O'Mally at Mississippi State 
University's Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision at 
rrtc2 at colled.msstate.edu <mailto:rrtc2 at colled.msstate.edu>or toll free: 
1-800-675-7782

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