Career Launch @ Perkins
Perkins School for the Blind
Career Launch is an innovative training, internship and career services program helping blind and visually impaired young adults land their first career-track job. Curriculum is designed specifically to provide hands-on training and experience to build sustainable careers in professional fields focused on customer success, where exceptional interpersonal engagement is key. What sets the program apart is comprehensive career training – everything from customer service simulations and extensive Salesforce.com work to assistive tech lessons and mock interviews – that equips participants to work in any professional field where effective engagement with customers matters. Participants leave as well-rounded problem-solvers with transferable skills in areas like sales and marketing, transaction management, recruitment, client services and more. Then they receive a full year of job acquisition and coaching support from our Career Services team, ensuring their place on the path to professional success.