[nabs-l] Job Hunting

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Welcome to America's Job market for disabled employees.  You should reconsider and work for yourself.  I think that most would agree that people who work and are successful in mainstream corporate America as blind people are lucky as a small minority.  I work for myself because I do not want to be bothered educating a close-minded population.  People should not think twice why we have such poor standards since our people in political power fail to realize that bad education from the start creates much of these problems.  Look abroad, you do not see such degrading attitudes and poor standards in education, class, race, and disability.  Some would argue that our system is good, yet, it still trails the world.  We are living in a nation transforming itself into third-world status.
Sorry for the rant.


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On Aug 6, 2012, at 7:25 PM, "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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