[Ag-eq] Update on the Job Hunt

[Zach Mason]

Hi Daniele, 


I am very interested to help people with disabilities finding employment in
agriculture. Currently, only 35,000 qualified applicants apply for 65,000
openings per year. The statistics on the demand for unskilled labor is
unpublished, but the trend is definitely greater demand than supply.

I have been blind since age four, grew up on a 110 cow family dairy farm,
have a bachelor degree in animal science from Cornell University, and am
pursuing a career in dairy science. After graduating from Cornell, I began
working for my family farm as Assistant Shepherd and Young Stock Manager. In
2013 I completed a fellowship at Purdue University working in a swine
nutrition lab. I am also very active in the New Hampshire Young Farmers and
Rancher Program, and 4-H. 

This summer I am a policy intern for the National Association of State
Departments of Agriculture in Arlington, VA, and will be beginning my
masters in Animal Dairy Science at Mississippi State this August. 


Let me know if I can be of assistance to you finding employment. 


Kind regards,

Zac

-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Ledet
via Ag-eq
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 5:51 PM
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Cc: Danielle Ledet; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Ag-eq] Update on the Job Hunt

Hi Listers,

As you all know, I live in a rural area and posted awhile back about
having trouble finding a job hear and costly cab fares. I went ahead
and applied at a nursing home for a housekeeping position but right
now all positions are filled. I applied for a cashier position and
bakery at a  local Super 1 Foods and the manager wasn't in. I also
applied at the local Grand theater for usher, box office, and just
yesterday Concession. Last time I called them I got no answer so will
likely check back next week. I figured I could apply an ad in the
paper when I got callbacks if my folks were unavailable. Thus far, I
have gotten no callbacks. Recently, I applied with our school system
as a Bus attendant/assistant/aide which would be ideal but I was told
when I went in for fingerprinting that they don't know how often this
position comes up and I know this to be true since I rode mini buses
to school and the bus assistants usually stayed in their position.
>From the Jobs list, I followed up on a virtual office position with
the Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind but was unable to meet some
of the requirements since I live with others and do not have access to
a local landline and other stuff. I will continue following the Jobs
list. If anyone is interested, I could share the info; however.

So there you have it.

still searching and seeking,

-- 
Danielle

Email: singingmywayin at gmail.com

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