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

Wed Aug 24 20:40:02 UTC 2011

It is like going to school in someways in reference to the equipment you are 
going to need. If you job uses windows or accessible program, the program 
that I had in school I was able to give it to my former employer and they 
just downloaded it for me.

If you currently have a laptop, sometimes they can add there program on your 
computer.

If you need certain equipment for work, then I would contact either your 
state commission for the blind, if they don't help you contact.

President of West Virginia

Charlene Smyth, President
220 Buena Vista Avenue
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301
Cell Phone: 304-672-3445
E-mail: cs.nfbwv at verizon.net
Web site: http://www.nfbwv.org/

If you need some training on these programs maybe even take a course at 
either Blind Inc. or one of the NFB Schools for training as well.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] jobs that don't require a college degree

> Well, most of the companies I worked for provided jaws and braille 
> displays
> for use ont eh job.  The Nordstrom job didn't require any special
> technology, though they did give me consideration in scheduling my shifts
> due to transportation needs.  the blindness agency where I worked made 
> sure
> everything was accessible, and in fact, I helped with some of that. 
> Verizon
> wireless had someone create scripts for their internal programs.  From 
> what
> I've been told by people who still work for them, their internal systems
> accessibility have improved greatly.  I felt that job wasn't a good fit 
> for
> me for many reasons though.  But they had good benefits and were a 
> positive
> company in many ways.  The receptionist job I had, I provided my own 
> screen
> reader, which I didn't mind doing.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of keri
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:21 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] jobs that don't require a college degree
>
> 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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