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VRI provides a variety of benefits for employees and employers.


Benefits for Employees


If you have a physical and/or mental disability and are seeking employment, VRI will help you find employment that matches your talents, skills, and abilities.  VRI placement specialists not only help you find a job; they prepare you by helping with the following:

· Creating a resume

· Preparing for job interviews

· Job skills training

· Job development

· Job placement

· Job coaching


Our clients have worked in a variety of positions, including customer service representatives, retail workers, Internet technicians, maintenance workers, cafeteria line workers, hospital unit clerks, steelworkers, and automotive technicians, to name just a few.  After we found her a job, this is what one of our clients had to say:


"I found at VRI a vast resource of employment opportunities, a knowledgeable staff, and up-to-the-minute information."--Dathne Frazier, unit clerk, UAB West Medical Center



Services

Benefits for Employers


As an employer, you are interested in saving money, improving workplace efficiency, increasing customer service, and serving your community.  VRI can assist you by offering the following:

  • Personal attention to employers to find out your specific needs

  • Additional on-site job coaching, as needed

  • Pre-employment screening

  • Reliable, capable, and loyal workers who desire to work

  • Continued involvement and follow-up to ensure job retention and satisfaction.

……… And at no cost to you!


Some of VRI's dedicated employers include Publix, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), UAB West Medical Center, Alabama Adventure, Express Oil Change, ACIPCO, McDonald's, and Superpetz.  This is what one employer had to say about our services:


"I would recommend VRI to any business in need of dependable workers."--Frank D'Alessandro, Manager, Fourth Avenue Super Market