[nabs-l] job advice

[Lillie Pennington]

Have you looked into possibly starting your own business? If you are good at audio editing or sound designing, website production, or computer programming you could possibly try some of those. There possibly other options I am not thinking of.

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> On Nov 27, 2013, at 2:25 AM, Anjelina <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jeff,
> When I was a teenager I worked part time at Taco Bell on the order assembly line. Some other tasks I did was portion chips or the good ole dish washing job. :) Many of the blindness skills you would use in your kitchen are transferrable to a larger fast food setting. Best wishes.
> 
> 
> -Anjelina
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>> On Nov 26, 2013, at 2:13 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Jeff,
>> Can you  provide more info. I assume you are in high school.
>> So your work hours are limited. Are you seeking a job at night after school? Are you seeking a little weekend job?
>> 
>> Try to do something you're interested in. What skills do you have? Can you use the Microsoft office suite and databases?
>> You can obviously use the computer since you emailed us.
>> 
>> If so, some part time  jobs are working customer service, selling tickets at a box office, being one of those survey rep callers, working at mall guest services which basically means you answer people's questions at the desk, and providing office assistance.
>> 
>> If you do not want to use a pc and you feel you can teach people, tutoring children or adults is another good part time job; since you yourself are a teen, I recommend tutoring people younger than you which should not be hard to find as kids and   nonprofits serving them are numerous.
>> You could also be a babysitter.
>> 
>> There are many jobs you can do being totally blind. These are just some ideas that can be done part time since you are a student. Once you decide a career path, I suggest networking with blind professionals in that field. You can do most any white collar professional job provided you have good grades and usually you need a masters degree and you take certification tests. Once that is done and you have internships and references, you  can go job hunting. Some jobs I know blind people doing are computer programmer, database manager, lawyer, writer, social worker, and pr professional. There are others, but this is what I've experienced by meeting people in NFB. Oh, and many blind people work in the federal government; this is because they have a target  number of people with disabilities to hire.
>> 
>> So these are some ideas. With more specifics, we can help  you figure out how you can do the job you want to do.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, many part time teenage jobs are not accessible, so I can see why you'd wonder what can you do? We cannot be servers, delivery drivers like for Dominos, or in many cases receptionists. These jobs are often filled by teens.
>> 
>> Good luck.
>> Ashley
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Crouch
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 1:54 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] job advice
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> I had a question.
>> I am 16 and i am looking for a job, now i'm totaly blind, and don't
>> know what jobs are out there that i could do, at this point i would be
>> intrested in any job.
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
>> -- 
>> 73
>> k8tvv
>> jeff crouch
>> 
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