[nabop] working at a front desk and accomodations

Thu Jun 6 20:59:55 UTC 2013

My degree was in Special Ed and yes I taught as a blind person.
I also like ministry as well. It's rather a weird position to be in
for me as I am older. I was lucky or blessed depending on how you
prefer to look at it and got hired 2 days after graduation. shortly
into my career, I had a baby and took off a number of years to raise
children. Well, let's say now I'm on my own and need to go to work
after many years off. I feel like a fish out of water because at my
age one is not expected to be figuring out what she wants to do with
herself. It's definitely not a place I envisioned myself in.

What is your degree in?

Danielle

On 6/6/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Danielle,
> What was your degree in? Were you teaching as a blind person?
>
> Your career goals sound like good ones. Maybe you can work for a local
> newspaper; it seems to me we are losing good journalists by the day. In
> fact, I'm afraid with the advent of short hand messaging on twitter and text
>
> messages, we are losing our writing abilities in the younger generation.
> Some of your job ideas sound like mine. One venue I'd be open to is working
>
> in a pr firm too.
>
> I am also going to take any decent job to get started. As my parents said,
> you can always look for something else more suitable while you are being
> paid.
>
> Good luck in getting something.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danielle Antoine
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 2:56 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Office Professionals
> Subject: Re: [nabop] working at a front desk and accomodations
>
> You are so right. I too joined in the hopes of having much discussion
> on office work and this list is pretty quiet. I was a teacher but the
> circumstances aren't working in my favor to go back into it at this
> time. I am in a transition right now and I am willling to take what I
> can get while I figure out another career that I will not only make
> money with but enjoy working at full-time. Personally, I am an artist
> by nature and would love to be able to create my own stuff and sell it
> all over the state, but that's not going to bring in a paycheck right
> off. *sigh!*
>
> Other avenues: advertising, marketing, journalism, public relations,
> blogging, anything in the discipline of psychology and counseling.
> We'll see.
>
> Hopefully, more people start chiming in.
>
> Danielle
>
> On 6/6/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Daniele,
>> We are here to share ideas about work. So,
>> what work experience you have impacts your
>> answers to questions. Most people state where they are working or worked
>> and
>>
>> I haven't heard from most members in months.
>>
>> I'm not looking to be a receptionist. I do want an office job. I'm trying
>>
>> to
>>
>> find experience though which might involve working at a front desk as a
>> volunteer. But for my start in a career, I might have to start as an
>> administrative assistant and work my way up into other positions of more
>> authority.
>>
>>
>> For papers, I guess there is the possibility the client thinks I'm
>> incompetent, but I figured this may
>> helpp me get the data more quickly.
>>
>> Ah something to think about though.
>>
>> Ashley
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Danielle Antoine
>> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 1:24 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Office Professionals
>> Subject: Re: [nabop] working at a front desk and accomodations
>>
>> I'm curious why whether or not I have a job matters to you, at all! I
>> wasn't looking for any type of job as a receptionist or data entry
>> clerk at this time either.
>>
>> Is that the type of job you are implying I should have? Or, do you
>> sincerely want ansers to your personal inquiries.
>> I digress:
>>
>> If I were in your position I'd probably approach the handwritten forms
>> the same way; though, I'd likely avoid asking the client to read the
>> form back since they could get the idea I was incompetent.
>>
>> Danielle
>> P.S. I hope you get the ansers you need.
>>
>>
>> On 6/6/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Hello Danielle,
>>> What job do you have, if any? I thought that last year you were also
>>> looking
>>>
>>> for work.
>>> No, you do not know me.
>>>
>>> Another thing.
>>> How would you handle forms and data entry?
>>> I know no OCR program reads handwriting.
>>> One of the tasks at the volunteer job and many front desks is to give a
>>> prospective client a form. They fill it out and
>>> then you read it and input that data in a database.
>>>
>>> The only ways I can think of to do this are if it were read to me.
>>> Two ways; but this would rely on a reader or someone's honesty.
>>> One way is to take the form and have another staf member or volunteer
>>> read
>>> it as I either write it in braille or type it into the database.
>>> A second way is to have the client themselves verbalize what they write
>>> and
>>>
>>> I would record it and listen to the data to input it into the database.
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Ashley
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Danielle Antoine
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 11:57 PM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Office Professionals
>>> Subject: Re: [nabop] working at a front desk and accomodations
>>>
>>> I don't have answers to any of this, but Do I know you?
>>>
>>> Are you from connecticut?
>>>
>>> Danielle
>>>
>>> On 6/5/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> This list is too quiet. I’m a graduate of marymount universiy and I
>>>> hope
>>>> to
>>>> have  a job.
>>>> I’m hoping to get experience now volunteering. My internships in the
>>>> federal
>>>> sector gave me little experience that I wanted.
>>>>
>>>> Have any of you worked at a front desk? I am likely going to do it for
>>>> a
>>>> volunteer job.
>>>> How would you handle the tasks? For phones, the act of answering and
>>>> responding to questions is the same. How did you memorize the phone and
>>>> transfer calls? Usually, all phone buttons feel the same. Is it a
>>>> matter
>>>> of
>>>> memorizing what button does what and memorizing extentions?  I could
>>>> also
>>>> have major extentions written in braille.
>>>>
>>>> How do you handle paperwork? The only thing I can think of is to have
>>>> someone read it to me especially if it’s a hand written form.
>>>> Can you ensure someone signs in? I can see a little if I hold papers
>>>> close.
>>>> I was thinking of looking for the signature, listening for them writing
>>>> it,
>>>> and maybe feeling for the writing; most pens have indentations they
>>>> make
>>>> in
>>>> the paper.
>>>>
>>>> Also, is there a way to check IDs? For volunteering, I can get help
>>>> with
>>>> this if needed as there are two front desk people. But for a job, I
>>>> could
>>>> not. Is there a scanning machine that would scan the card and read the
>>>> card
>>>> to me? Is there any aps that might help? I do not have a smart phone,
>>>> but
>>>>
>>>> so
>>>> many family members do that borrowing one would be possible if I needed
>>>> it.
>>>> I thought I read somewhere  that a blind receptionist identified IDS
>>>> somehow.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any ideas.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Ashley
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