Career Coaching
Work one-on-one with a professional career coach to achieve employment, career and personal goals. The coach is educated about the physical and cognitive challenges faced by persons with MS and can help you set goals such as:
- Achieve focus and momentum
- Take effective, focused actions immediately
- Replace stress and effort with energy and flow
- Achieve balance between work, family and MS fatigue
Coaching is available to persons living with MS who have recently (within the last 30 days) lost employment, or are at risk of losing employment and are considering a career change because of MS. Contact Susan La Combe for details and to apply.
New Collaborative Partnership with Employment Resource
The National MS Society has partnered with Hire Disability Solutions, whose mission is to help people with disabilities obtain employment. Hire Disability Solutions seeks persons with MS and their caregivers to fill work-at-home positions. If interested, visit www.Hireds.com and click the Teletech icon. For a list of all employment opportunities currently available for candidates with disabilities, click the Featured Employers icons.
Consumer Employment Survey
The UT School of Social Work is conducting an online consumer employment survey for persons with disabilities. The survey's goals are to examine gaps in existing employment support services for people with disabilities and to identify ways that the system might be improved. To participate online, choose either English or Spanish. If you prefer a hard copy survey, contact Dr. Streeter at 512-471-0543 or cstreeter@mail.utexas.edu.
An Opportunity for Persons with MS Looking for Employment
MS Workplace addresses work-related challenges that people living with MS can face, providing expert advice and links to jobs across the United States. Monster® and the National MS Society have partnered with Biogen Idec and Elan to make this free employment resource available. Visit www.msworkplace.com to take advantage of this opportunity.
Disclosing Your MS in the Workplace
Should you tell your employer? What effect will it have?
Workplace Decisions
Exploring employment options and making decisions about your career
Knowing Your Employment Rights
Understand the legal protections available to you
Additional Resources
View additional career planning resources