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Connecticut trainee credits vocational-rehabilitation support with landing state investigator job
Summary
Martinez, a 26-year-old trainee at the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, said Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Department of Rehabilitation Services supports — including mock interviews, a job coach and evaluations — helped them get employed and prepare for a career as an investigator.
Martinez, a 26-year-old trainee with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, told listeners their job-search success was the direct result of services from Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VRS) and support from the Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS). "I have a job now, which is the biggest thing that you helped me achieve," Martinez said, crediting a mock interview, a job coach and a vocational training counselor with preparing them for employment.
Martinez said they have worked at the commission for about a year in…
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