IVRS has a long history of working with individual Iowans with diverse disabilities and has a staff of highly skilled Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors in every region of the state.  IVRS helps people with disabilities obtain the skills and other resources they need to get a job, keep a job, and develop a lifetime career.  Some services and benefits of working with IVRS include:

• One-on-one counseling and guidance by qualified staff to assist in creating and fulfilling an individualized plan for employment
  
  
• Discover career interests
• Identify and review labor market information/trends
• Career exploration
• Identify accommodations
• Financial assistance as it relates to employment plan
• Encouragement
• Resume development
• Provide job leads and job search resources
• Identify successful work habits
• Conduct mock interviews
• Set up informational interviews
• Application assistance
• Job placement activities
• Follow-through to successful closure