Suzanne Tsacoumis<\/a>, Ph.D. president and CEO. \u201cWe certainly didn\u2019t want to see it cut short and lose Foziya\u2019s contribution because of the Covid-19 restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\nTo help contain the spread of the virus, HumRRO began encouraging all employees to work from home in early March, and that included Mohammed. In fact, nearly all 80 seniors who are participating in the program from Alexandra, Arlington and Fairfax have transitioned to telework arrangements with their employers, according to Urban Alliance NoVA.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking from home was weird at first, but I got used to it quickly,\u201d Mohammed said. Urban Alliance matched her with HumRRO because she expressed an interest in psychology. \u201cI had never heard of industrial-organizational psychology before coming to work at HumRRO,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve since learned so much about I-O psychology and all the different careers I could pursue in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
LaVonda Murray, administrative coordinator at HumRRO, serves as Mohammed\u2019s mentor and oversees her work and training. Mohammed works four days a week, three hours a day, completing a variety tasks assigned by Murray and HumRRO researchers. Her scope of work hasn\u2019t changed; only the way it\u2019s delivered. Murray set up a Google Docs folder to share files, so that Mohammed could continue formatting employee resumes, adding newsletters to a searchable database and properly citing research in white papers using APA style.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve learned so much from HumRRO about working in a professional office,\u201d said Mohammed. \u201cI\u2019ve improved my skills in Microsoft Word and Excel, and in APA style as opposed to MLA. From Urban Alliance and HumRRO, I am learning how to build my resume, create a good LinkedIn profile, write cover letters, and practice interviewing and networking.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>
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