[Ag-eq] Update on the Job Hunt

[Zach Mason]

I don't know of many, and those who I do know of are in office jobs, one was
in academia, and I hear of one or two farmers now and again. I'm interested
to develop a network of farmers and Ag. Professionals with disabilities,
probably later in life, but no definites. 

Zac

-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella Foster via
Ag-eq
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 6:55 AM
To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Update on the Job Hunt

Zac:

Do you know of many people with vision loss working in the field of
aggriculture?

If there are what kind of jobs are they doing?

Nella
Quoting Zach Mason via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> 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 unpublished, but the trend is definitely greater demand than supply.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
> To: ag-eq at nfbnet.org
> 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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