[Job-Discussions] How and When to Disclose Disability

[Michael Walker]

Hi Claudia,

I think of the disclosure process in the virtual world as I would if I was meeting an employer in person. Disclose when you feel it is appropriate. I don’t disclose unless I feel I have to. I’m that way, even if I have a job interview in person. I don’t want to emphasize a Blindness. I am for size my job skills.

Mike 

> On Apr 25, 2022, at 4:59 PM, Claudia Del Real via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> In this new world of virtual interviews via Teams and other platforms, how do you all handle disclosing your disability?
> I have had 3 Microsoft Teams interviews since December.
> For the first two positions, I did not disclose my disability, until after having received a job offer.
> For the most recent one, I disclosed, at the end of my interview today, because I felt it might be relevant. It was for a federal position, equivalent to what I'm currently doing, at the state level, so I wanted to emphasize that I'd been successfully doing this position for 10 years already, even though I am totally blind.
> After having had this interview today, I feel like I blew my shot, due to having disclosed so early in the process and not waiting until if and when, I'd received an offer of employment.
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> Claudia
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