Videophones for Job Career Centers

Deaf jobseekers in Alabama now have a quicker way to meet with a career counselor at the state’s Career Services Centers. The Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services has bought a videophone system that connects jobseekers at its ten career centers across the state to on-call sign language interpreters. The equipment brings the interpreter into the conversation with the career counselor and the job seeker without having to arrange a face-to-face meeting. The Department has trained its eight interprets and other employees at the career center on how to use the $34,000 system.