[Job-Discussions] Questions about contract and contract to hire jobs from a blindness perspective and reasonable accommodations

[Michael Walker]

Hi Justin,

How are you allowed to use Ira on the job? I’m thinking about company proprietary information.

Thank you,
Mike

> On Feb 23, 2022, at 8:18 AM, Justin Williams via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I did okay as a sourcing intern, but it was with a false start at first due
> to accessibility.
> 
> You'd have to be careful of your field, and have control over your platform.
> I know a guy who is a sourcer who is pretty successful.  Up until getting a
> full time job in his field; he's done great.  It's going to depend on
> adaptability skills.
>  You'll have to work around accessibility issues with adaptability. 
> 
> Use AIRA to help you out.
> 
> Sense the company is not your employer, they are not responsible for
> accommodations.  If your employer is the staffing company, they would be,
> and if you are your on freelance contractor, then  you would be, though you
> can get assistance from voc rehab if you have a case through job retention.
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> Subject: [Job-Discussions] Questions about contract and contract to hire
> jobs from a blindness perspective and reasonable accommodations
> 
> Hi,
> 
> How much success have you had with employment, if you accepted a contract or
> contract to hire job through a staffing agency? How did that work out for
> your long-term success, especially in terms of things like accessibility
> issues and reasonable accommodations?
> 
> Thank you,
> Mike
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