MCB: Career Views

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.