May 11, 2009
MS Learn Online teaches job strategies
MS in the Workplace, a free two-part webcast, presents strategies to help you reenter the workforce — and maintain your place once you’re in it. Visit www.nationalMSsociety.org/webcasts.
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Part 1 is targeted toward the employee or potential employee with MS. Rehabilitation counselor Dr. Kurt L. Johnson addresses issues as varied as how to harness energy and improve cognition to how to navigate your health care and the human resources department in a prospective company.
Part 2, targeted to people in hiring positions, gives employers the basics on MS, and features some who have employees with MS. “Their personal stories show that people with MS are as productive as anyone else,” said John Aden, senior manager of Program Development for the Society. It also shows what “reasonable accommodations” mean, and under what circumstances an employer is responsible for putting them in place.
“This video clears up misgivings an employer might have,” said Aden. “Someone with MS, or a member of his or her family can send this link to an employer.”
Other employment resources include www.nationalMSsociety.org/momspr08 for Momentum magazine’s article, "For A Successful Job Interview."
And even before you’ve landed that job, check out: Disclosing MS in the workplace. Click through the menu on the right for a program to help you make an educated decision on whether or not to disclose your medical condition — and to whom.
Rehab counselors often advise their clients to ask themselves: Why am I telling? Who am I telling? How much am I telling? What are the positive and negative results? If the anticipated results fall more often in the positive than negative category, that will help you decide. Remember the bottom line: Once you disclose, you can’t take it back. Click here for more information.
MS Learn Online
Other MS Learn Online programs address research, intimacy and symptom management. They are all accessible any time of day or night. No registration is required. Click here to get started.