[Job-Discussions] work from home jobs

Tue May 10 21:15:17 UTC 2022

Most of the job boards for disabilities seem to leave out the Blind an people who are Deaf, in other words, sensory disabilities.

I notice it a great deal with the blind.

We get left out of the general disability almost entirely.

Justin

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I also just think that this is a very good discussion for this list. I’m in the job market myself, and I’m also having a dilemma of if it will solve all of my accessibility problems, to just mainly stick to job boards for people with disabilities. How many of you had better success through job boards for people with disabilities compared to main stream job boards like LinkedIn? 

On May 10, 2022, at 3:26 PM, Rhonda PartainRhonda via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org <mailto:job-discussions at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Yes, as I said I have done those things, but this is mainly for a  friend who I was trying to assist. It is true that scripting can be done if a company is willing to go that route. Sometimes the cost is just too high. 

I appreciate your thoughts.

Rhonda Partain

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The only problem with limiting yourself to companies that make things accessible is that you also severely limit your job opportunities. Even if somethings aren’t accessible in a company, you could work with your state vocational rehabilitation program, to have someone look at scripting whatever isn’t working with jaws, or just finding an alternative to whatever isn’t accessible. You might be able to find alternative programs that accomplish the same task. If information is not accessible on our website, you could use OCR, to attempt to help it out. Sometimes, with internal websites that weren’t accessible, I was able to contact an internal company customer support number, to get help completing the task. Sometimes, there was also an internal company email address. It just depends on the job.  The other problem with limiting yourself to finding a job based on accessibility alone is that whatever is accessible today might not be so tomorrow. You can lock yourself out of hundreds of jobs, by saying that you’re only work for companies that know about accessibility. More companies need to know about it. 

On May 10, 2022, at 2:36 PM, Rhonda PartainRhonda via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org <mailto:job-discussions at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Yes, I have done those things and have had many interviews. I have found that many companies use programs that are not compatible with Jaws. I have used Jaws for over 20 years. I think it is good if we share companies who are trying to make their jobs accessible to all. Diversity equity and inclusion are lovely words but I am encouraged to see companies embracing what it means to be accessible for all. 

Rhonda Partain

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Hi Rhonda,

You can search for work from home jobs on LinkedIn, indeed, monster, career builder, getting hired, disabled person, and other job boards. When you’re looking for work from home jobs, you can type something like remote into the location. For the keyword search, type keywords from your résumé. Let me know if this is helpful. I do think that it is important to search for jobs the same way anyone else would, and not just worry about how accessible they are. How accessible a job is also depends on your proficiency with your screen reader. Also, remember that you don’t have to accept the job offer, if you interview with companies, and you don’t feel like it’s a good idea.

Best regards,

Mike 

On May 9, 2022, at 10:47 PM, Rhonda PartainRhonda via Job-Discussions <job-discussions at nfbnet.org <mailto:job-discussions at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

I have friends who are looking for work from home jobs that would be accessible with Jaws. I don’t know of anything to tell them.

Anyone got any ideas here?

Thanks.

Rhonda

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