[BlindTlk] career ideas...

[Jude DaShiell]

I had 6 different categories on my test results but remember those categories 
are ranked highest to lowest and I took the first category with the highest 
ranking.  Those tests normally return 6 different categories. On Sun, Mar 23, 
2025 at 08:15:35PM -0500, Ericka via BlindTlk wrote:
> Madison people are telling you to do the career aptitude test. And they have=
>  their place. But for me it didn=E2=80=99t work at all because my interest w=
> ere so scattered. When I took those things I had about five or six different=
>  categories that my interests were giving me. They went from Gardner to Past=
> or, to Dr.. Very weird what things can g happen. And just because you may no=
> t have transportation or something to have some of these experiences, you sh=
> ould not give up. Keep a journal and daydream. Who knows what could come out=
>  of it!
> 
> 
> Ericka Nelson
> KD9VBX
> 
> > On Mar 22, 2025, at 12:33=E2=80=AFAM, Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk <blindtlk=
> @nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >=20
> > =EF=BB=BFFirst of all I'm not visually impaired but totally blind from bir=
> th as a
> > result of genetics. That out of the way, I worked for the Government in
> > computer programming and volunteered in off hours at a place making
> > referbished computers that went all over the world.  I took donated comput=
> ers
> > apart so assemblers could harvest useable parts and build the referbs. Hav=
> e
> > you taken an aptitudes and interests test or more than one and answered al=
> l
> > questions truthfully? If you haven't done this yet, I think that's your ne=
> xt
> > step. The thing is, people are happiest doing the work for which they're b=
> est
> > suited. Thousands of successful people took those tests before you and you=
> r
> > answers will be matched against theirs to pick vocations for you. Before I=
> 
> > took that test I didn't know specificly what I wanted to do and I used the=
> 
> > test results for further education and entry into my chosen profession. If=
> 
> > your counselor doesn't know about these tests, find another counselor who d=
> oes
> > know then take the test. On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 11:47:29PM -0500,
> > madisonolivialanemartin483--- via BlindTlk wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> I'm not sure this is a very good idea as I know that visually impaired/bl=
> ind
> >> people can do most of the same jobs as fully sighted people but I told he=
> r I'd
> >> ask so I'm going to keep my word. Anyway, I've been seeing a counselor fo=
> r
> >> awhile now and the last couple of times we've talked about career researc=
> h even
> >> though she's not a career counselor (though I feel like the things we've d=
> one
> >> were a better fit for me then the stuff that a actual career counselor go=
> t me to
> >> do) but anyway we've kind of hit a wall when it comes to figuring out spe=
> cific
> >> careers to research. I mentioned to her how I'm on chat lists for blind/v=
> isually
> >> impaired people and she suggested that I ask you guys; what
> >> jobs/careers/volunteer posisions have you had throughout the years? Look f=
> orward
> >> to reading your responses and maybe I'll learn about something that I mig=
> ht
> >> actually like to research! Thanks for whatever any of you can provide me,=
> 
> >> Madison
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