[Blindtlk] jobs that don't require a college degree

[keri]

thank you for this. :) since you have worked for customer services, how 
accessible was their computer systems? which screen reader did you get?
keri

"Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to 
say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak 
my heart."
--Robert Sexton

"For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there 
is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to 
receive it."
--Ivan Panin

Find that guy that will pick up every piece of your shattered heart & put it 
back together; Replacing it with a piece of his.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] jobs that don't require a college degree


>I don't have a college degree, and I've worked pretty consistently for the
> past 20 years at different jobs.  I did switchboard and other things for
> Nordstrom.  then I worked at a blindness agency, where I did customer
> service, then taught computers, then worked as an assistant in the
> development department.  I loved the teaching job, but the state rehab
> agency pulled funding for the program, and wanted only people with degrees
> to teach if they kept the funding.  I've also been a receptionist at a
> company, worked in customer service for verizon wireless, worked in
> admissions at Guide dogs for the blind and now do tech support for an
> adaptive tech company.  Most of these jobs didn't require degrees but 
> would
> with other companies, or the pay isn't near what it would be if I had the
> degree.  I did try taking night classes, but I found that working full 
> time
> and taking classes was too physically exhausting for me, due to my other
> disabilities.  I encourage you to get a degree if you can.  more and more
> jobs are requiring it, and it does make a difference in the salary you can
> earn.  But if you can't try jobs like receptionist, customer service, 
> phone
> work, things like that.  good luck.  the important thing is to know how to
> sell yourself in a job interview, if you don't have a degree, so your
> experience and skills make up for that.
>
> Sherry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of keri
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:55 AM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Blindtlk] jobs that don't require a college degree
>
> hi,
> I'm asking around to many different people this question. I'm looking for
> those who are blind that have or are currently working with out a college
> degree. I want to know where you worked and how accessible it was, the 
> good
> and bad points of it.
> keri
>
> "Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want 
> to
> say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will 
> speak
> my heart."
> --Robert Sexton
>
> "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth 
> there
> is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere 
> to
> receive it."
> --Ivan Panin
>
> Find that guy that will pick up every piece of your shattered heart & put 
> it
> back together; Replacing it with a piece of his.
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