Pathfinder Career Consulting is a CARF-accredited vocational rehabilitation provider for Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) and currently serves the following counties: Portage, Summit, Wayne, Holmes and Ashland.
We offer these individualized services to help teens and adults with disabilities obtain and maintain competitive integrated employment in the community:
Career Exploration
Community-Based Work Assessment
Intake
Job Development
Job Seeking Skills Training
On-The-Job Supports
START UP - Setup for Technology Access Readiness Training
Summer Youth - Career Exploration
Summer Youth - Work Experience
Transportation
Travel Training
Vocational Consultation
Work Adjustment
OOD SUCCESS STORY
Kristen Petro Finds a Great Job Fit
4.24.2020
Kristen Petro, 22, of Twinsburg, recently started working as a Production Associate with Natural Essentials in Aurora, Ohio, making hand sanitizer. Natural Essentials is one of the employment opportunities identified on the Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabiltities (OOD) Urgent Jobs List.
With support from Taniya George-Olds, OOD Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, and Marianne Senvisky, Chief Navigator/CEO of Pathfinder Career Consulting, Kristen, who is on the autism spectrum, was looking for a full-time position with benefits so that she could become more independent.
“Kristen and I practiced interview questions and role-played to prepare for her interview,” said Marianne, job developer and coach. The preparation paid off: Kristen landed two interviews, followed by two job offers, on the same day.
She chose to work at Natural Essentials, filling the high demand for hand sanitizer, and is enjoying her job and coworkers. “I like my job. It’s very busy,” said Kristen. “Today, I packed boxes of hand sanitizer and put caps on shea butter. Overtime is needed from everyone right now,” she added.
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