In this episode, Jeff Gentry from JVS Boston shares a story of how an inclusive group work experience turned into a permanent job for a transition student.

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In this episode, Brenda Albright from Lifeworks shares a story about supporting a person who had to leave a long-term, stable job to start an entirely new career after a mental health event.

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In this episode, Dominique Berg shares a story about overcoming concerns from a person's support team and supporting a jobseeker to find a job at a nursing home in rural Minnesota.

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In this episode, Danny Brady from Reach for Resources shares a story about a job search that got off to a rocky start but eventually resulted in a job and better training for managers at a chain of thrift stores.

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In this episode, Jessica Stejskal from TSE, Inc. shares how she supported a jobseeker to look beyond working in grocery stores to pursue a job working with children and found an employer that is helping her grow and thrive.

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In this episode, Cynthia Capota from Reach for Resources shares how watching a jobseeker put together complicated Lego creations helped her recognize skills he had that filled a need of a furniture company.

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In this episode, Jill Eastman from our podcast partner, the University of Massachusetts-Boston's Institute for Community Inclusion, shares a story about supporting a jobseeker to customize a job that led him to become a local celebrity on the nursing home circuit in greater Boston.

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Brian and Sherry are joined in the studio by their Institute on Community Integration colleague, Kathia Fernandez. Kathia shares a story from her time as an employment consultant when she supported a jobseeker who had two primary interests: fishing and woodworking. She describes the ups and downs of negotiating a customized job for the person at a small business that makes wooden fishing lures (...or is it fishing bait?).

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