[Blindtlk] [nabs-l] Resume Bank for Job Seekers Who Are VisuallyImpaired

Fri Sep 23 18:36:59 UTC 2011

Chris,
    I'm not sure if you have any affiliation with this organization. As I 
stated in a previous message, I am very skeptical of this outfit. They claim 
to have some very extraordinary successes; however, there are many things 
about it that raise red flags for me. One issue I have is the very poor 
writing in their announcements. Another is their claim that they are a 
"501c3 sponsored organization". I'm not sure exactly what this means. 
However, according to Publication 78, the official IRS document that lists 
all 501(c)(3) organizations - and this is the proper format for citing this 
regulation, not the form the email address uses - Visionary Personnel is not 
recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service. You 
can check this out for yourself by going to

http://www.irs.gov/app/pub-78/

    I think the concept is a great idea. I just do not think this 
organization is legitimate. JMHO!

Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk list" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; "NFBMD list" <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <dandrews at visi.com>; <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:27 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] [nabs-l] Resume Bank for Job Seekers Who Are 
VisuallyImpaired

FYI...  Dave, I didn't know which email to send this to, so I
sent it to both the Visi and the NFBNET addresses.  If you feel
it is appropriate, please circulate as necessary, either to the
Members list or to some other lists.

 Chris Nusbaum

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
nuisance." -- Kenneth Jernigan (President of the National
Federation of the Blind, 1968-1986.)

  Visit the I C.A.N.  Foundation online at:
www.icanfoundation.info for
information on our foundation and how it helps blind and visually
impaired children in MD say "I can!"

Sent from my BrailleNote

 ---- Original Message ------
From: Michael Beattie <beattie.visionarypersonnel at yahoo.com
Subject: [nabs-l] Resume Bank for Job Seekers Who Are Visually
Impaired
Date sent: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:48:05 -0700 (PDT)

    ?Visionary
Personnel, a 501c3 sponsored organization, announces its new
resume bank system
and seeks new members.?We help job
seekers who are visually impaired by creating a resume bank and
then searching
for federal government contracts matching the skills of the
people in the
resume bank.  We then apply for contracts matching the skills of
the individuals
in the resume bank.  Three of our company's most interesting
prior contracts
involved drafting speeches for the White House Office of Science
and Technology
Policy, writing final agency decisions for the Social Security
Administration,
and serving as an administrative judge for the Equal Employment
Opportunity
Commission.
    ?The
Javitz-Wagner O'Day program gives non-profit organizations with
employees who
are legally blind the chance to non-competitively win federal
government
contracts.  The JWOD program has been renamed the Ability One
program.
Historically, the program has been used to create menial low
paying jobs in
factories producing office supplies.  Among the 600 non-profits
in the JWOD
program, our group was the only one to perform contracts
requiring professional
occupations.  We proved the JWOD program can used to create high
paying professional
jobs such as attorneys, paralegals, and mediators.  These
contracts have now
expired, and we are applying to be recertified by the Committee
for Goods and
Service from the Blind and Disabled.  ?
    ?Our
future success hinges on our ability to attract talented people
to join the
resume bank.  I hope you will forward the announcement flyer and
the membership
application to your members.
A free membership
application is attached below.?Together
we can work toward eliminating the intolerably high unemployment
and poverty
rate experienced by people who are visually impaired.
Michael Beattie,
President
Visionary Personnel
?
Membership Application for Visionary
Personnel
Name
Street
Address:
City and
State
Zip Code
Phone Number
E-mail
Address:
Career Goal
What job
could you perform now as a stepping stone to your career goal?
Are you
interested in serving on the board of directors?
Are you
interested in an unpaid internship?
Our mission
is to reduce the 75% unemployment rate for people with visual
impairments.   We need your ideas.   How would you like to see
our organization
tackle the problem?
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