[nabs-l] Some Job Questions...

Carly Mihalakis carlymih at comcast.net
Sun Dec 1 03:42:28 UTC 2013


Hi, Keri,

         Seems to me, you may be parroting back stuff you've heard 
ol' Sighty dribble about going to college or not doing to college, I 
have long believed the term "unskilled" is a tragic misnomer. Look at 
it, could any of us without skill training, make our own coffee, 
clean our own bathrooms, wait our own tables without first learning a skill?
In fact, taking it a step further, these sorts of jobs are just that, 
skill-based. And., a truth remains that, jobs such as researcher, 
customer service agent are indeed more readily accessible. Don't give 
up for, not everybody needs to even be in college, or tackle a 
so-called white-collar profession.
for today, Car
408-209-3239

  And, while I agree that "simple" jobs like pretzel selling a  At 
06:10 PM 11/21/2013, Suzanne Germano wrote:
>In my opinion, not knowing your financial state, going to school would be a
>better first place to turn your life around. Unskilled jobs are the most
>visual and although many can probably be done they will be a lot harder to
>make accessible than skilled/professional job. School can mean just a
>training program, certificate, degree...You would probably be able to get
>financial aid and or rehab to cover it.
>
>I personally feel that there is more discrimination in entry level jobs vs
>skilled positions.
>
>just my 2 cents
>
>good luck
>
>
>On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone:
> >
> > I am considering applying for some jobs and had a few questions.
> > Antians Pretzels (a pretzel place in the mall) is looking for "crew
> > members." I have been told this means someone to make the pretzels and
> > serve them to the customers, and someone to likely run the register
> > and take the pretzel orders.
> > There is a restaurant called Panara Bread (a popular sandwich chain)
> > opening soon in my area and they are hiring for all positions.
> > I am considering applying at these places.
> > Is there any way a blind person can run a cash register?
> > Is there actually anything I could do at these places as a blind
> > person or will they immediately look at my blindness and turn me away?
> > I won't go into full details on a listserve, but I am trying to turn
> > my life around and one of the ways I thought I could do this was to
> > find a simple job that would give me confidence, something to do, and
> > to show me that I can in fact work.
> > I'll admit, this is my first time applying for a job. If I apply, and
> > they ask me to come in for an interview, and they say something like
> > "So, what can you do?" if I'm not sure myself what I can do how do I
> > respond?
> > In the past I've just made the excuse that because of my blindness
> > there is nothing I could do when looking for jobs and just given up
> > but if I want to turn things around I have to do something and
> > applying for jobs is one of the things I can think of to do.
> > Thanks,
> > Kerri
> >
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