[nabop] working at a front desk and accomodations

Thu Jun 6 21:00:39 UTC 2013

Oh and this is a rural area I am in with no PT.

On 6/6/13, Danielle Antoine <singingmywayin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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