[nabs-l] training and gaps in a resume

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Ashley,

Did I see your unwillinness to what is it? "disclose?"
Will it ultimately make any difference whether 
you disclose to your employer or, perpetuate some 
typa well-justified technicality which is, effectively deceatful?
Get over yourself! Stop playing games. It takes 
us all and, if they said there ought not be blind 
peple, you would be outraged. Be blind, and proud!
for today, Car
408-209-3239


I was brain damaged at one point a 3-month coma, 
additional rehab the whole bit. Obviously, had it 
not been for my being a student and on the job 
market and because of my   Why At 07:04 PM 11/11/2013, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
>Hi all, I wanted to ask you all about something 
>that arose in the training centers not the real 
>world thread. I thought I’d ask this 
>separately as it’s a big issue I pondered. How 
>do you deal with gaps in your resume? What if 
>you went to training? Have you listed this in a 
>resume? I went to our state center, and may go 
>again out of state because as I mentioned, I did 
>not get everything I needed in state. But having 
>been to training leaves gaps. How can we use 
>these gaps to our advantage? We cannot put 
>training on a resume as we do not want to reveal 
>blindness. So what do you do if you had a gap in 
>the resume? What if you were in training? If you 
>had a gap because you simply could not find a 
>job and were not in school, what to say is a 
>quandry. Volunteering may be an option if you 
>did something ongoing. I’ll ask about these 
>quotes below. It caught my attention! Cindy 
>said, “I have often told my employers about 
>blindness training and how it made me an 
>effective problem solver. Use it to your 
>advantage.” Cindy, can you give examples? 
>Where are you employed? How did you say it was 
>an advantage? Someone else said they used the 
>training center as an advantage, although I am 
>not sure who it is. For now, I have a gap in my 
>resume when I was in training. I don’t think 
>its long enough to hinder me particularly in 
>today’s economy when everyone has gaps. But I 
>did get to wondering how we can better tie 
>training to  employment once we speak to the 
>employer. Ashley 
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