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Previous MRS Events
Recordings of previous MRS public events can be viewed below.
6/13/2024 MRS Business Spotlight: Enterprise Mobility
2/2/2024 MRS First Friday - Stronger Together: MiWorks! and MRS
1/5/2024 MRS First Friday - Get the Interview Edge
11/3/2023 First Friday - Hearing Loss
10/26/2023 Inclusive and Accessible Business Practices
Join Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS) to learn how to be a more inclusive and accessible business. Representatives from MRS will discuss:
- Why inclusivity matters
- Strategies for being more inclusive
- Retaining valuable employees
- Resources to assist your businesses
10/24/2023 Returning to Work - Financial Preparation for a Secure Future
Join MRS this National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) for a discussion on:
- Planning a return to work
- Knowing resources available to you
- Discussion of both short-term and long-term financial strategies to help protect you and your family
10/11/2023 Artful Possibilities: Careers and Creativity
10/9/2023 Disability and Employment: The Impact on Hispanic Communities in Michigan
10/6/2023 MRS First Friday: Post-Secondary Disability Support
9/1/2023 MRS First Friday: Back to School Preparing for Your Future with Pre ETS Services
8/28/2023 Conversation and Preservation Career Pathways Spotlight
08/04/2023 MRS First Friday - Accommodating Neurodiversity in Employment
07/07/2023 MRS First Friday - Your Anxiety is Not Your Identity: Confronting Self-Imposed Barriers
06/02/2023 MRS First Friday - Crucial Conversations for Conflict Resolution
05/09/2023 Multi-Employer Spotlight
04/07/2023 MRS First Friday - Money Management Matters
03/27/2023 DNR P&R Employer Spotlight, Session 1
03/27/2023 DNR P&R Employer Spotlight, Session 2
03/27/2023 DNR P&R Employer Spotlight, Session 3
03/03/2023 MRS First Friday - Independence & Self-Advocacy for Employed Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
02/03/2023 MRS First Friday - Returning to Work After a Stroke
01/06/23 MRS First Friday - Understanding Expungement and Resources to Assist with Applying for Expungement
12/02/22 MRS First Friday: Get Banked - Engaging Banks and Credit Unions as Community Partners in VR
10/7/22 MRS First Friday - Return to Learn: Accommodations in Post-Secondary Education for Adult Learners
7/1/2022 First Friday - Business Engagement: Employee Retention
MRS was joined by business, government, and nonprofit partners to discuss changing trends in the workplace including competition for talent, generational differences, and management strategies.
6/22/2022 Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Information Session
6/3/2022 First Friday - Career Exploration: The Information Technology Journey
- How labor market information and current local programming prepare youth/ young adults for IT careers
- Participant successes from IT trainers
- Emerging IT fields
5/6/2022 First Friday - Auditory Silence: Impact of Hearing Loss on Work & Exploring Workplace Accommodations
MRS, public and private sector professionals representing the workforce, and accommodation professionals discuss:
- Defining Hard of Hearing (HOH) and Deaf Culture
- Communication is key: navigating hearing loss and workplace accommodations
- types of hearing loss
- overview of communication barriers
- impact of hearing loss in the workplace
- Resources for support for individuals and businesses
4/1/2022 First Friday - Get Ready for Work! Tips from Workplace Leaders
A panel discussion highlighting high-demand industries and starting a career path. Topics discussed include:
- How to get started with in-demand and exciting careers
- Career insights from industry leaders in healthcare, IT, energy and more
- Answers to employment-related questions and gain valuable information
3/4/2022 First Friday - Financial Literacy: Earn More, Learn More
2/4/2022 First Friday - Work Smart, Protect your Heart: Cardiac Disease & Accommodations
1/7/2022 First Friday - Special Considerations for Foster Care Youth & Disconnected Youth with Disabilities Aging out of the Foster Care System
12/3/2021 First Friday - Know Your Employee Rights: You Have a Voice Too!
Alexa Moore (Investigator, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) and Marcelina Trevino (Director/Managing Attorney, Michigan Department of Civil Rights) joined MRS to discuss:
- Requesting accommodations
- Retaliation: what does it look like?
- Case examples
- Federal & legal rules: what are the differences?
- Emerging trends: COVID protocols, medical marijuana, service vs. emotional support animals
12/2/2021 How the Hybrid Work Model Can Affect Business
11/9/2021 Business Spotlight: AxioBionics
Philip Muccio (CPO, Neuro-Prosthetist, Prosthetist-Orthotist, President/Founder/Clinician) of AxioBionics joined MRS to discuss how their life-changing medical innovations can help facilitate employees' return to the workforce by:
- Alleviating chronic pain
- Minimizing the effects of prior injury and movement-oriented disabilities
- Customizing with wearable non-invasive neuroprosthetics technology
- Sharing their job openings at their Ann Arbor location
11/9/2021 Understanding Military Culture
11/4/2021 Working Healthier in a Hybrid Environment
10/28/2021 Service Animals Accessing Public Spaces
Reframing and Retraining: Employee Engagement
10/18/2021 Thrive vs. Survive: Strategies for Stress Management
10/14/2021 Disability is Not Inability
10/12/2021 MRS Champion Awards
9/10/2021 First Friday - Navigating the Do's and Don'ts of Social Media & Employment
- What job seekers should know about social media
- Benefits of social media
- How social media may deter potential employers
- Social media etiquette after employment
8/6/2021 First Friday - Perfectly Seasoned: Considerations for Adult Employment
Sherrie James, MA, LPC (Career Development Services Supervisor at JVS) and Jackie Laskowski (HR Director of Xoran Technologies, Inc.) joined MRS to discuss considerations for adult employment, including the topics of:
- How to prepare for Jobs in the digital age
- Making experience work for you
- Navigating the workplace
7/21/2021 Employer Spotlight: Syncreon
7/9/2021 First Friday - Protecting Identity & Employability
A panel of experts joined MRS to discuss protecting personal identity in relation to employment. Conversation covers the topics of:
- How driving records affect securing employment
- How a personal identity breach affects securing & maintaining employment
- How blemishes in personal identity & driving records affect promotions
- What can be done to keep personal records safe at work & at home
6/22/2021 Business Spotlight: American House
6/16/2021 Business Spotlight: MESSA
5/13/2021 Transition World: Life After High School
MRS Occupational Therapy Consultants Nikki Fliearman and Renée Lyon present on the topics:
- Differences between high school and post-secondary requirements for success
- Independent living skills
- The role of self-advocacy
- The goal of competitive integrated employment and how to get there
5/10/2021 Coping with Covid
Dr. Debra Pinals (M.D., Medical Director of Behavioral Health and Forensic Programs for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan), Erin Wallace (Project Manager for Stay Well Grant Program), Linda Watson (Business Relations Consultant, MRS), and Nacsha Ealy (Business Relations Consultant, MRS) dicuss the topics of:
- Understanding mental health and wellness
- Mindfulness
- Coping techniques
- Resources for improving mental health
4/8/2021 Business Spotlight: Comerica
Representatives from Comerica provide information regarding:
- Resume advice
- Application strategies
- Insights into employment with Comerica
4/1/2022 Introduction to Resume Writing
MRS Rehabilitation Specialists discuss introductory topics in resume writing, including:
- The resume writing process
- Resume formatting
- Examples of resumes
- Additional resources for improving resume writing ability
3/5/2021 First Friday - Workplace Accommodations
MRS Occupational Therapists workplace accommodations, including the topics:
- Identifying what is an accommodation
- How to request an accommodation
- Rights and responsibilities related to reasonable accommodations
1/8/2021 First Friday - The Intersection of Legal Drug Use and Employment
Lisa Kaplan, LMSW, CAADC, CPC-R, ACSW (Behavioral Health Therapist, Henry Ford Health System’s Maplegrove Center) joined MRS to discuss the intersection of legal drug use and employment, including the topics of:
- How the choice to smoke marijuana could impact employment opportunities
- Implications of legal drug use BEFORE drug testing
- Perspectives of employers that do and do not require pre-employment drug screens
- Differences between federal and local laws and the impact on legal drug usage and employment
10/22/2020 MRS Champion Awards
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