[humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment

[Sandy]

JD,

Thasnks for all your years of wisdom!  For those of us who can't give a long 
track record of completing paperwork tasks, it's good to know you mentioned 
that we can include internships and college assignments.  I am not getting 
out any devices to demonstrate skills, though I would tell the prospective 
that I have ways of performing my work that include various pieces of 
technology.


Sandy

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From: "JD Townsend" <43210 at Bellsouth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 3:09 PM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment

> I have never met or read of anyone who got a job after bringing in 
> adaptive electronics. I have never had an employer who cared to learn 
> about my electronics. They may see or hear it, but they have not the time 
> or interest in learning what it allows me to do or what it's limitations 
> are.  Even in my present position, 13 years there now and not one 
> supervisor or manager has expressed the slightest interest.
>
> What job interviewers are interested in are my talents and abilities. When 
> paperwork is brought up I generally say that I don't like it, but that I 
> feel much better when it is completed. Completed in a timely manner too.
>
> Except for the very rare interviewer the details of my adaptive techniques 
> have been of no importance -- I've been hired in many positions in the 
> past 30+ years and this has always been my experience in successful 
> interviews: keep the focus on what you have to offer, not on how you will 
> deliver the services.   Should they ask about your blindness treat it as 
> you would a question from a patient and answer the underlying question. 
> For example: "I don't know how a person who can't see our  forms could do 
> this stressful job."  I might answer, "I take pride in completing all of 
> my paperwork on time and have a track record to back me up."  That track 
> record might be your graduate school assignments and internships or other 
> places where you have proven your talents.  Most interviewers will not go 
> back to the blindness issue, assuming that you have already mastered those 
> roadblocks. To bring out a voice or braille device simply does not answer 
> their real question which, simply is, "Can you do the job?"
>
>
> JD Townsend LCSW
> Helping the light dependent to see.
> Daytona Beach, Earth, Sol System
>
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