[nabs-l] Job Hunting
Dave Webster
dwebster125 at comcast.net
Tue Aug 7 02:52:36 UTC 2012
I hope. I actually today talked to someone at goodwill because I
was thinking about getting into one of their programs and in order to do
that I'd have to be hooked up with services for the blind or arkansas rehab
services and when I asked the person I was talking to if I could just go
through rehab services she tole me that they'd probably just reffer me right
back to services for the blind.
-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Hope Paulos
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 9:25 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Job Hunting
Hi there. I am not a vocational rehabilitation counselor, but would you be
able to work with general VR? Rather than working through the department of
for the blind? I know they work with individuals with other disabilities
besides blindness. Bipolar I know is one of the mental health diagnoses that
was listed on my job description if I were to get the job that I was
applying for.
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On Aug 6, 2012, at 9:41 PM, "Dave Webster" <dwebster125 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello my name is Dave. I thought I'd post to this thread because I
> myself am job hunting as well. I am from Arkansas and have never
> worked before. I had a job at the lighthouse for the blind out here
> but the job was too hard physically. One of the problems I'm havning
> is that division services for the blind won't help me with anything
because I have bipolar.
> I live in a residential facility and the councilor basically thinks
> that I'm not stable enough to work. I believe I am and my therapist
> at my program that I gto during the day thinks the same as well.
> Basically because I live in a facility and don't live on my own
> division services won't help me with anything so. I don't know if any
> of you have ever had problems like that but some times its really
> really hard dealing with vocational rehab.-----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of David Dodge
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 7:46 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Job Hunting
>
> It is unfortunate how people act and react sometimes. Soon, you will
> find an employer that will base his or her decision solely upon skill.
> That is the way it should be anyways but your right it isn't always.
>
> David
> ----------------------------------
> David Dodge
> Diversity in Disability Planning Committee Chairperson English Major
> University at Buffalo
> 306 Clemens Hall
> Buffalo, NY 14260
> daviddod at buffalo.edu
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Gloria G <gloria.graves at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am not offended or anything by the questions that are asked. I am
>> just upset that I am not given a chance. It is almost as if the
>> employer has decided what I can and can not do the minute I walk in
>> the door with my cane.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dodge"
>> <daviddod at buffalo.edu>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <
>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 7:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Job Hunting
>>
>>
>> Gloria,
>>> It definitely sounds like you are going about things the right way.
>>>
>>> I would try not to get discouraged or be concerned by the questions
>>> the interviewer is asking. It is definitely not a bad thing for a
>>> blind person to help a sighted person better understand how the
> employment would work.
>>> Think of it as an opportunity for you to advocate and teach the
>>> potential employer something.
>>>
>>> The best that can be done is what you are doing - honestly answering
>>> questions and explaining things.
>>>
>>> David
>>> ------------------------------**----
>>> David Dodge
>>> Diversity in Disability Planning Committee Chairperson English Major
>>> University at Buffalo
>>> 306 Clemens Hall
>>> Buffalo, NY 14260
>>> daviddod at buffalo.edu
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Gloria G <gloria.graves at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Hope,
>>>> Did you go to get your masters in rehab counseling? I have also
>>>> thought of getting a masters in rehab counseling.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hope Paulos"
>>>> <hope.paulos at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" <
>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 7:16 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Job Hunting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No. I'm currently hunting for a job as well. I just answered them
>>>> as you
>>>>
>>>>> do,
>>>>> explaining how I would do certain things and giving examples. I
>>>>> applied for a vocational rehabilitation counselor I. position and
>>>>> I would be working with individuals with disabilities as well as
>>>>> mental health diagnoses.
>>>>> Nothing offends me so they can ask any question they want
>>>>> regarding my blindness. It's just a matter of overcoming the
>>>>> stereotypes put on us by people who don't know what we really can do.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.****org<
>>>>> nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.**org <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org>>] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Gloria G
>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 8:13 PM
>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Job Hunting
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Hope,
>>>>> Do you currently work? If so how did you get around those questions?
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hope Paulos"
>>>>> <hope.paulos at gmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 6:52 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Job Hunting
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Gloria. I think you're taking the right approach. I always
>>>>> disclose my
>>>>>
>>>>>> blindness (it's hard for them not to see that I'm blind because
>>>>>> of my guide dog). I'd just continue to advocate for yourself as
>>>>>> far as working with at risk youth.
>>>>>> Hope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.****org<
>>>>>> nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.**org <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org>>] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Gloria G
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 7:24 PM
>>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Job Hunting
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> I was wondering how do you handle interviews when the talk of
>>>>>> blindness comes up? I have had some interviews and in some cases
>>>>>> the interviewer does not bring up my blindness, but I know it is
>>>>>> something that is very noticable as soon as I walk in the door. I
>>>>>> try to remain calm and answer the questions that pertain to the
>>>>>> position I am applying for and I discuss how I would handle these
>>>>>> tasks despite my blindness. There are those interviewers who just
>>>>>> come right out and ask how I am going to complete the task
>>>>>> required of me as a blind person. I answer and give examples of
>>>>>> how I would complete the tasks. I guess I should have started out
>>>>>> by saying I am a psychology and sociology double major and want
>>>>>> to work with at risk youth as a counselor.
>>>>>> Because I do not yet have my degree I am trying to gain as much
>>>>>> experience as possible because this is what future employers will
>>>>>> be looking for, but the problem I run into is there are many
>>>>>> organizations that work with at risk youth in the town I live in,
>>>>>> but there is always the question of how I am going to work with
>>>>>> the youth as a blind person. I have also thought of doing any
>>>>>> work that envolved providing services to youth, women, families
>>>>>> such as, homeless shelters and things of that nature. I am just
>>>>>> feeling defeated at this point, because every door I have opened
>>>>>> has closed shut in my face, and it only seems to be due to me
>>>>>> being blind. I just want someone to give me a chance because I
>>>>>> know I can do the work.
>>>>>> Thanks
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