Hello All! I am currently trying to secure a position with WIC near my home. The director of the WIC clinic wants me, WIC partner,which is the county health department,feels my credentials are good and that I more than meet the requirements but WIC at the state level is not wanting to hire an IBCLC who is not an RN or a nutritionist, although they would hire an RN or a nutritionist who is not an IBCLC. I have been an IBCLC for 2 years now and completed the Blueprints pilot project and I have 3 years of college education. WIC at the state level says I'm not a Certified Professional but they will "think" about hiring me?! Does anyone have any insight as to how we can push this through? The director really wants me but is having difficulty getting WIC at the state level to say OK. I am extremely dissapointed that WIC of all places does not recognize the value of an IBCLC. If anyone has any insight or can offer any suggestions, please email me privately or if you think other would find it of interest, you can post to the list. Thanks in advance and thanks for listening! Kerrie Conway IBCLC, CD(DONA), LLL Leader *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html