Age 30-31 (8) Plans for workplace visits and internships
As well as behavioral problems, little imagination for work lives was fatal problem for looking for and finding a job. The job center for disabled planned for me the opportunities for workplace visits and internships.
Before I went to pilot vocational rehabilitation program in Chiba the year before, the job counselor had planned an internship program for me, which was suspended due to the program. At that time, my anxiety was so great that I was reluctant.
After the mock factory program ended, in addition to counseling from a staff member of the job center, I went monthly to local placement office and meet with a staff member specialized in employments of disabled people. The staff member advised me to show job offers I was interested in, and then he tried to arrange the visits to the workplaces of the job offers. Most of the workplaces kindly turned down, but thanks to the staff member, I had a few experiences of visit to workplaces and talked to the employees.
I lacked whatever experience of "real" working environment. At that time I thought that "I've experienced a working environment, so I've come to have confidence." But now experiencing "real" work for years, I'm thinking that I want to tell myself at that time, experiencing real workplace, even if it may only be visit, and observation, it would be helpful to me.
Before I went to pilot vocational rehabilitation program in Chiba the year before, the job counselor had planned an internship program for me, which was suspended due to the program. At that time, my anxiety was so great that I was reluctant.
After the mock factory program ended, in addition to counseling from a staff member of the job center, I went monthly to local placement office and meet with a staff member specialized in employments of disabled people. The staff member advised me to show job offers I was interested in, and then he tried to arrange the visits to the workplaces of the job offers. Most of the workplaces kindly turned down, but thanks to the staff member, I had a few experiences of visit to workplaces and talked to the employees.
I lacked whatever experience of "real" working environment. At that time I thought that "I've experienced a working environment, so I've come to have confidence." But now experiencing "real" work for years, I'm thinking that I want to tell myself at that time, experiencing real workplace, even if it may only be visit, and observation, it would be helpful to me.
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