[BlindTlk] [BlTlk] Hard for blind people to find jobs.

[Shane Lowe]

Hi all!
While I've been quite fortunate regarding employment, I have still
faced more discrimination than anyone should during the hiring
process.
If you're interested, I wrote a few blog posts to try and combat these
issues, at least on our side. There's only so much we can do, but
having worked at a few small businesses and a major corporation, I
figured I could share what has worked for me.
https://www.supersense.app/post/full-disclosure-when-to-discuss-your-blindness-in-the-job-search

I've also written a bit about formatting resumes and networking, and
thought those may be of use. I run a couple of side projects for fun,
and those are purely fueled by personal relationships.
Networking with friends:
https://www.supersense.app/post/the-never-ending-web-how-to-network-with-friends
Resume formatting:
https://www.supersense.app/post/a-step-by-step-guide-to-formatting-your-resume

Good luck! :)

On 11/29/20, Carly Mihalakis via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Evening, everyone,
>
>          Los both ocular organs to blastoma at
> age 18 months. Grew up a total child whom
> excelled in reading, writing and foreign language
> which I guess are common blastoma strengths as is
> a  certain facility with athletics. But beyond
> all that, I started to notice how all sorts of
> numbers including employment appeared to promise
> total and immediate depressive ness if not
> handled with proper care So I have always tried
> to ally myself with other groups whose outcomes
> looked as abysmal  as our's. I guess It is from
> such peers that I have found myself not getting
> too disillusioned or apathetic. This speaks to
> the magic present in being careful to ally
> oneself with folks whom share your boat.
> Car At 07:54 AM 11/29/2020, Judy Jones via BlindTlk wrote:
>>Hi, Sydney,
>>
>>It has always been the case that blind people
>>have to work harder at finding and maintaining
>>employment. Nevertheless, we do find and
>>maintain employment, and can be very successful.
>>Our NFB literature speaks quite adequately to
>>this issue, especially some written by Dr. Jernigan.
>>
>>One of the reasons for this is that the blind
>>are such a tiny minority in society, even
>>compared to other disability groups. Because of
>>this, we are little understood, and we
>>continually are ineducation mode, when it comes
>>to debunking myths and stereotypes of blindness.
>>Therefore, if we are going to make our way and
>>prove ourselves and our skills in the work
>>world, we statistically average more
>>pre-employment interviews, and need to make sure
>>such skills as reading, writing and spelling are
>>top-notch. Dictation is no substitute.
>>
>>Example. in a post I read just above this one,
>>someone referred to a board meeting, spelling
>>the word noun board as the adjective bored. The
>>spellings of both words are difference, but
>>screen readers alone will not point out these
>>differences when simply reading back. There were
>>other obvious Siri mistakes in the post as well.
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: sydney via BlTlk
>>To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>Date: Sunday, November 29, 2020 01:15 AM
>>Subject: [BlindTlk] Hard for blind people to find jobs.
>>
>>Hi, everyone:
>>
>>There is a huge problem for some blind people
>>that they are facing. It could be hard for some
>>blind people to get a job, because some work
>>places don't want to hier them, because they're blind.
>>
>>I've heard them talk about this alot in the
>>national conventions. This year in our virtual
>>convention, I've heard them talking about this.
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