[nabs-l] Some Job Questions...

Carly Mihalakis carlymih at comcast.net
Sun Dec 1 09:26:55 UTC 2013


Good morning, Joe,

Which jobs did you have while you were working you way through school?
for today, Car
408-209-3239PM 11/21/2013, Joe wrote:
>I don't know that going to school is always the best method of turning one's
>life around, not with tuition being what it is these days. If there's a good
>plan in place to maximize what you get out of a degree or certificate
>program or whatever, by all means go back, but otherwise I think the
>original poster should explore this possibility of working at one of these
>two food establishments. I'd call ahead, ask for a time to come out and meet
>the manager and see what could be worked out. We won't break the
>discrimination barrier of entry level jobs if we naturally shy away from
>them. I'm all for placing more blind people in skilled roles. Yet, not
>everyone will want that option, and perhaps another way to think about it is
>that one could work at an entry level job to partially help pay for tuition.
>I worked full-time through grad school, not the most recommended idea, but
>it helped teach me a lot about time management and prioritizing.
>
>Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne Germano
>Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:11 PM
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Some Job Questions...
>
>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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