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I received a job offer in the Ohlone area and the salary base salary is 72K. I tried to negotiate but they weren’t budging. After a year my salary will become 75K and two years it becomes 78K. Can someone tell me honestly can I make it on 72K in the Ohlone/Fremont area or should I decline the job? I’m unemployed now so nothing to fall back on and I’ll have to relocate to Fremont and they are not offering any relocation assistance. I’m 30m single.
NB: I posted in the r/Fremont subreddit but Reddit filters removed it.

I feel like, staying in one corner could be reasonable so you’re not getting in the way of people on the dance floor, but again, that would mean a boring night. How do you navigate this? Do you go up to the floor to dance? How do people treat you and do you ever go alone? Any risks to keep in mind?

Just wondering if anyone has done this. I tried to expedite my I-765 on the basis of a job offer and significant financial loss, but it was denied generically. I’m now wondering if going through my congressman, I can try to inquire on the status of my I-485 and expedite on the basis of my job offer that is related to my proposed endeavor which is of national interest, which I would lose if I don’t start work soon.

Has anyone ever done something similar?

So for a PDF, does everything have to pass in PAC before you can consider the PDF remediated? A lot of times when I remediate a PDF and upload to PAC. It still has a lot of red flags on PAC, so I always thought I didn’t fully remediate it. However, I came across these PDF remediation tutorials from Digital Accessibility Specialists at University of Wichita, so I decided to upload their fully remediated PDFs to PAC and it still had substantial errors there. So, I’m wondering, how exactly does PAC work? Is it reliable or is this a false positive thing? How do we know when it’s either of the two? For reference, these are the docs from Wichita so you can see for yourselves: https://www.wichita.edu/services/mrc/Web\_Services/pdf\_remediation.php#advanced

Every time I use NVDA to read a document, it always abruptly stops in the middle from time to time. I set it to Say All and after reading two sentences, it just stops randomly, and I have to continue it then it moves a little and stops randomly again. This happens on remediated documents btw. I’m not sure if this is an NVDA problem, but I don’t use any other screen reader because this is the only free one for PC. Is this just normal NVDA behavior?

I’m moving to Baltimore for a job at UMB. Currently, I have a roll-in shower and grab bars, so I am pretty much independent as I can transfer myself.

I can't find an apartment like that in MD. I am really trying to stay independent.

I work, so I don't need low-income housing. Does anyone know where I can look for a place to live?

I’m moving to Baltimore in the next few weeks for a job at UMB, but I use a wheelchair and need an accessible apartment. Any pointers? How do I go about this?

Thank you.

So, I recently received a project to remediate a Word and PDF file.

After remediating the PDF, I used NVDA screen reader, but when reading by clicking line by line, it would stop reading at different points. However, if I choose to click from the top and just read the entire document all at once, it works fine.

I checked everything and couldn’t figure out how to solve this. Anyone has an idea? Is this something unique to NVDA or the document itself?

Since I finished university in December 2024, I’ve not been able to get a job. I wonder if I have unemployment/poverty curse. I need help to break this curse.

I’ve tried everything from vocational rehab, tailoring my resume to each application, attending career fairs, etc. I still haven’t gotten a position. I graduated with an Information Systems degree and live in Los Angeles, CA. Any advice? The few interviews I got led to a rejection.

Been looking for a job for over a year now. I have a degree but I’m open to anything to pay the bills. Anywhere hiring currently?

I’m interested in getting into call center/customer service work and would appreciate some guidance from people already in the industry.
I’m completely new to the call center field and am trying to understand the best path into an entry-level role.
For those who started without prior call center experience:
What types of companies are most likely to hire beginners?
What skills should I highlight on my resume?
Are there specific job titles I should search for besides “Call Center Representative”?
Are there any industries or staffing agencies that are known for hiring and training entry-level candidates?
Any advice on breaking into the field, tailoring my resume, or avoiding common mistakes would be greatly appreciated.

So I’m trying to renewal my international passport from home in the US. I’m at the biometric stage and the face verification is completed but I’m having problems with the finger verification. No matter what I do, it just says timeout. I put the four left fingers within the frame and the frame actually turns green, yet it doesn’t capture just times out. Any tricks I’m missing?

If you’re from one of the 39 banned countries and graduated in Dec 2025 or May 2026, have you received your EAD for OPT? Also, for those applying for STEM OPT since last December. If not, what are you doing to maintain your status?