[nabs-l] Some Job Questions...

[ryan bishop]

Hi Kerri,
I know that that pretzel store you were talking about has an at home kit you
can go out and buy and make at home. Yes, that will be a slight difference
then they do at the work place, but you can at least get the experience of
cooking them so you could be able to do that at work.
As for the accessible cash registers, I'm sure they have something. I will
do some research on that and get back to you.
Ryan

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-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kerri Kosten
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 4:12 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list; Blind Talk Mailing
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Subject: [nabs-l] Some Job Questions...

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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