MCB: Career Views

Suzanne Morse talks with MCB’s Alan White about how MCB works with individuals who are blind and visually impaired to combine soft skills with career experiences in order to achieve workplace advancement. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo provides his thoughts on the subject in the Commissioner’s Corner.

MCB's Nahara Caraballo talks with MCB Assistive Technology Specialist and Low Vision Therapist Bill Hersh about how MCB works with individuals who are blind and visually impaired to assess their worksites for the implementation of assistive technology, low vision devices, and other modifications. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo provides his thoughts on the subject in the Commissioner’s Corner.

Nahara Caraballo chats with Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Counselors Keri Davidson and Brianna Guimond from Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) for advice about the job search process. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo also weighs in during the Commissioner’s Corner.

MCB's Nahara Caraballo discusses the skills and talents that employers look for when hiring with Colleen Moran of The Spaulding Rehabilitation Network.

Episode 17: Self-Advocacy and Building Self-Confidence by MCB: Career Views

Nahara Caraballo talks with Sassy Outwater-Wright of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (MABVI) about the services they provide and how they work with individuals who are blind and visually impaired to manage change in their careers. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo offers his perspective in the Commissioner’s Corner.

Suzanne Morse chats with Regina Snowden and Lindsay Alperin of Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) about how their program empowers young people who are blind and visually impaired by building their network and encouraging peer-to-peer mentoring. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo also weighs in during the Commissioner’s Corner.

Suzanne Morse discusses with optometrist Dr. Nicole Ross and Richard Phipps, an individual who is visually impaired and works in finance, about the relationship between work and well-being. In the MCB Commissioner’s Corner, Commissioner David D’Arcangelo provides his thoughts on the subject.

MCB’s Meg Robertson discusses with Suzanne Morse the considerations that consumers should take into account when thinking about working with a guide dog, especially when it comes to employment. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo provides his thoughts on the subject in the Commissioner’s Corner.

Nahara Caraballo talks with MCB’s Michael Dionne about Orientation and Mobility (O&M) training and how MCB helps individuals who are blind and visually impaired with their mobility skills. In the Commissioner’s Corner, MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo offers his perspective.

Suzanne Morse talks with Kevin Lynn of the MassHire Career Center in Springfield about the community resources available to all job seekers, including individuals who are blind and visually impaired, at the Career Centers across Massachusetts. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo also weighs in during the Commissioner’s Corner.

UMass Boston’s Josh Pearson discusses with Nahara Caraballo why technology in the workplace means equality and independence for employees who are blind and visually impaired and discusses research and development into new technologies that will help workers with disabilities. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo provides his thoughts on the subject in the Commissioner’s Corner.

MCB’s Alexander Pooler talks with Suzanne Morse about the MCB’s Assistive and Adaptive Technology (AT) program and how it helps both employees and employers. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo offers his perspective in the Commissioner’s Corner.

Suzanne Morse discusses with Richard Curtis of MassDOT and formerly of State Street Corporation workplace myths about employees who are blind and visually impaired and how MCB works with employers to overcome them. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo provides his thoughts on the subject in the Commissioner’s Corner.

Richard Curtis of MassDOT and formerly of State Street Corporation talks with Suzanne Morse about his experience hiring employees who are blind and visually impaired and the skills they bring to the workplace. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo offers his perspective in the Commissioner’s Corner.

MCB’s Mayanne MacDonald-Briggs chats with Suzanne Morse about building a transition plan for students who are blind and visually impaired as they think about transitioning to the workplace. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo also weighs in during the Commissioner’s Corner.

MCB’s Nahara Caraballo speaks with MCB Vision Rehabilitation Teachers Jim Badger and Marcel Lacen about how rehabilitation teaching intersects with vocational rehabilitation, and the important role that it plays in helping individuals who are Blind and Visually Impaired gain and maintain employment.

Suzanne Morse talks with MCB’s Alan White and Thelma Williams about how MCB works with individuals who are blind and visually impaired to combine soft skills with career experiences in order to achieve workplace advancement. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo provides his thoughts on the subject in the Commissioner’s Corner.

Nahara Caraballo chats with Cathy Burns of Jacobs Engineering about the state of development around autonomous vehicles and ways that this technology can help employees who are blind and visually impaired. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo also weighs in during the Commissioner’s Corner.

Nahara Caraballo talks with MCB’s Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) caseworkers about how they work with individuals who are blind and visually impaired to develop a VR plan to advance their careers. MCB Commissioner David D’Arcangelo offers his perspective in the Commissioner’s Corner.

In the first episode of MCB Career Views, a podcast of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB), Commissioner David D’Arcangelo gives an overview of MCB’s Vocational Rehabilitation services and highlights how he hopes the podcast will help guide MCB consumers in their career pathways.