The Panglossian Group LLC provides a variety of professional services to help youth and adults with developmental, intellectual and other disabilities prepare for, obtain and maintain meaningful employment in the community. “We want to create optimism in their lives which empowers them to be all they can be.”

• Work preparation (VAT Training): prepares participants for employment through a curriculum of topics including how to present oneself to an employer, what questions to ask at a job interview, and other helpful advice to ensure work readiness.

• Interest and Aptitude Testing: helps to determine which job industries are most suitable according to the individual's preferences and abilities.

• Soft Skills Building: helps individuals to develop a variety of soft skills useful in the work place.

• Person-Specific Placement (Job Placement): establishes a detailed understanding of each individual's skills and interests, and matches prospective employees with jobs that meet their needs and skills.

• Resume Building: provides instruction and guidance needed to compose an effective professional resumé of skills and experience for job applications.

• Community Based Work Assessments (Work Experience Placement): provides opportunities to experience a variety of job types and work settings to assist in identifying their unique skills, abilities and interests, and to evaluate their compatibility.

• Adaptive Accommodation Requests: assess the individual needs of each program participant to determine whether they may require any devices that will assist in their continued success on the job.

• On-the-Job Training (Job Coaching): a job coach personally assists each new employee to help them become comfortable and familiar with their workplace environment and addresses other needs and concerns that the new employee may have.

• Transportation Planning: educates participants on how to use public transportation routes and connectors.

• Job Retention Support: provides continual assistance and support to individuals once they are employed, in order to ensure that they maintain employment and enjoy further success.

Credentials:

• Director

• Employment Services

Basics: Job Skills Training and Job Placement

Advanced: Work Readiness

Company Certifications: HUB