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

[keri]

thank you for this advice. :)
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 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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