[humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment

Fri Dec 27 02:05:22 UTC 2013

Jonathan,

I believe you live in the Boston area.  If you have a social work degree and 
can afford the expense, you might want to join our state NASW affiliate. 
They seem to have meetings/gatherings in the evening for the purpose of 
networking.

Best,

Sandy

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From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 5:28 PM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment

> Hi Jonathan,
> What is your education in? I hope you find employment.
> Its discouraging to hear those with masters out of work. Perhaps, you are 
> one of them?
> Its hard now a days, too much cut backs.
> I'd encourage you to network. Join a professional association and go to 
> conferences of your field.
> Hope something comes up for you.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jonathan Alpert
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 2:16 PM
> To: 'Human Services Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
>
> I have had much difficulty in obtaining fulltime employment despite all my
> education and experience. I started to write a negative response , but 
> don't
> want to discurrage anyone.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of justin
> williams
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 1:41 PM
> To: 'Human Services Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
>
> I agree with that.  This is not trying to tell anyone else how to conduct
> their job interview, but you have to make the employer comfortable with 
> you,
> and sometimes, that is explaining to thme how a job can be done using
> assistive technology.  You don't have to reveal the whole thing, and make 
> it
> a grand show, but describing the tools of blindness pertaining to the job 
> is
> something that an interviewee should do as a basic overview.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sandy
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 12:54 PM
> To: Human Services Mailing List; Carly Mihalakis
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
>
> Carlee,
>
> I understand your point.  In my opinion, when I go for an interview and 
> the
> employer knows nothing about my blindness, I am sure he/she is going to
> wonder how paperwork and so on will get done.  I think that telling the
> employer one's abilities, if you use cognitive theory, etc. is important.
> Secondary to that, I believe it is okay for me to give information as to 
> how
> certain parts of the job can be handled by me.  Blindness is not the same
> type of characteristic as hair color, for example.
>
>
> Sandy
>
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> From: "Carly Mihalakis" <carlymih at comcast.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 4:58 AM
> To: "Sandy" <sandraburgess at msn.com>; "Human Services Mailing List"
> <humanser at nfbnet.org>; "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
>
>> Good morning,
>>
>> It would seem to me that, inflicting a shocked state on to someone who
>> interacts with you most likely will reduce conditions to that which
>> many blind people resent, being seeing only for blindness and not for
>> the flaming and colorful people, we often are.
>> I believe in blindness being so mythic amongst sighted cultures that,
>> among the things of which we are without is a presumed entitlement of
>> anonymity, blindness forever being a presence I came to know in
>> deviance class, a master status or the single characteristic beyond
>> anything else by which you are identified I.E Black president, gay
> teacher, deaf Ms.
>> America among many others. It could be a sort of game.
>>
>> So, I do digress, it seems honest just to tell a potential employer
>> this identifying characteristic of your's. After all, would you have a
>> problem disclosing that you might be a blond, a redhead or Chinese?
>> for today, Car
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>>>Sandy
>>>
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>>>From: "JD Townsend" <43210 at Bellsouth.net>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 10:29 PM
>>>To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sadly some folks are prejudice on the outset.  I took a 2 hour trip
>>>>for an interview once and the interviewer told me at the door that
>>>>the job was too intense for me, without even letting me speak;  seems
>>>>my white cane said all she wanted to know.
>>>>
>>>>I learned after many interviews that I had to compete not as a blind
>>>>applicant, but as the best applicant.  Some people tell an
>>>>interviewer on the outset that they are blind or visually impaired,
>>>>but I have never seen the wisdom in this.  I find that the initial
>>>>hand-shake and the walk down long corridors to the interview room,
>>>>finding my seat and addressing the real issues of the job have served
>>>>me well.  When I have taken this attitude, ignoring my blindness as
>>>>an issue, the interviews have gone much better.  I tell the
>>>>interviewer that I dislike paperwork, but that I sleep much better
>>>>when it is up to date;  should they ask me how I do it I say that I
>>>>have PC add-ons that have served me well in the past and that it should
> not be a problem with whatever system they are using.
>>>>Should they ask about transportation I tell them that I got here on
>>>>my own and on time and that I should have no problem.  It isn't my
>>>>job to explain about adaptive equipment or transportation, just that
>>>>I can do the job, then I re-focus on my strengths as a clinical
>>>>social worker and how I might fit my skills into serving the agency.
>>>>
>>>>If we allow disability or adaptations to become a focus of an
>>>>interview instead of our skills and work ethic we have no chance for
> employment.
>>>>
>>>>Just my opinion, sorry for the lecture.
>>>>
>>>>JD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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