[Job-Discussions] How and When to Disclose Disability

[Sandra Gayer]

Hello,
It depends on how you treat the topic. I do not see it as letting a
potential employer know my dirty secret. I use my disability as part
of why I would be an asset to the team, why this makes me the best
candidate for the job and why I'm better than the rest. Not what you
sell but how you sell it. Needless to say, I do this at the very
beginning. It means I can portray my disability on my own terms.

HTH,
very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 4/26/22, Michael Walker via Job-Discussions
<job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Claudia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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