[nabs-l] Part time/campus jobs
Karl Martin Adam
kmaent1 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 14 00:07:51 UTC 2016
Hi Kaiti,
I second the tutoring suggestion. You might also look in to
being a teaching assistant if your college has those. ANother
thing you could try is being a research assistent for one of the
professors. There would probably be accessibility challenges to
working in say a biology lab, but I would imagine that it would
be relatively easy to do this in psychology, and since you're a
minor you probably know professors you could talk to about being
their research assistent.
Best,
Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: "STOMBERG, KENNEDY via NABS-L" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
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Date sent: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:01:14 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Part time/campus jobs
Hello, Kaiti,
I tutored at my college, and there were no access barrious, and
I loved
it! The Academic Acheivement Office at my school kept track of
who was
tutoring who, and I got the phone numbers of my tutees, so we
scheduled
appointments that way. I loved it, because that way, my tutees
could text
me questions at ay time, especially before a test. This was
something that
the Academic Acheivement Office at my college did for every
student, not
just me. So, if you want to tutor, and your schinol has weird
software like
Ashley's, you might be able to schedule appointments this way.
Being a tourguiee might also be a lovely option, especially if
you know
your campus. You expressed a concern that you might not be what
your school
is looking for. But I think you she apply anyway. Admissions
offices are
always looking for a variety of students to give tours.
Bottom line, if you think you can be successful at a job, just
apply for
it! The worst they can say is no, right?
Good luck!
Kennedy Stomberg
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Ashley Bramlett via NABS-L <
nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
Hello,
I did not qualify for work study but was eligible for part time
work at my
university, Marymount university.
I had some of the same barriers you faced. I thought about
working at the
dorm desk as they needed desk staff to sign in visitors or
student guests
to the dorm.
I did not apply because the job was too visual such as needing
to check
Ids at night. After midnight, you were supposed to scan your ID
and show
the desk worker.
If your school has information desk jobs where you mainly answer
questions, this may be a good fit.
Tutoring may be an option. When I tried that at Northern
Virginia
community college though, the software system to track our
tutees was
partly inaccessible. Other tutors could make appointments but I
could not.
I was let go of that position for another reason though.
So, just be aware that tutoring may have access challenges too.
You might want to see if working in the front desk of some
offices is
doable. It depends on the duties and if they use paper forms.
Good luck in finding a job.
Ashley
-----Original Message----- From: Kaiti Shelton via NABS-L
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:35 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Cc: Kaiti Shelton
Subject: [nabs-l] Part time/campus jobs
Hi all,
I'm wondering if some of you who have done work study programs
at your
universities could weigh in on this. Being just 13 credits shy
of
earning my degree, I'll be a part time student this year. I'd
like to
find a part time job on campus and do qualify for work study,
but
there are also a lot of businesses within walking distance or a
short
bus ride of campus that I could get to. My issue is that I'm
having
difficulty finding something that I think I can do throughout
the
semester for a few hours each week that is accessible. I had a
somewhat disastrous experience in my sophomore year with work
study,
where I was hired to work in the computer lab for my department
and
eventually was let go because due to an inaccessible main work
station
I wasn't doing anything beyond babysitting the place (while that
was a
big part of the job and the lab needed to be superfvised and
cleaned
regularly, I wasn't able to edit and catalog the audio and video
files
which are processed in the lab as well). A lot of the readily
available jobs I'm seeing in the listings are in cafeteria food
prep,
and I'm slightly hesitant to apply for desk jobs because while I
do
have secretarial and receptionist experience it has only been at
blindness agencies that made sure to supply braille extension
lists
and the like. I know work study is practice for the real world,
and
since I qualify for it I have just as much as a claim to a work
study
position as a sighted student would, but a lot of the jobs seem
to be
things that present with accessibility barriers that staff will
not be
invested in sorting out for a short-term student employee, and
I'm not
sure if battling them for it is really worth it if I can find
something that doesn't require so much effort just to get my
foot in
the door. I'm also looking for something that goes all semester
long;
the telethon positions were an idea I was going to pursue, but
they
tend to have pique times of the semester and not do much else.
I will say that my university has a wonderful disability
services
office who I know would help with accessibility where they can.
In
the last case there were legitimate reasons for the
accessibility
being an issue that was just beyond anyone's control, but both
the DS
office and the music department made a good effort to give me
equal
work opportunities before we saw how unreasonable that would be
for a
simple work study position. I also know what my rights are and
how I
should be equally treated, but going into my last few classes
and
prepping for my internship to follow, I really just don't want
to
fight a long and hard battle to get into a job to make maybe $50
extra
each week. Maybe some would agree, but thinking ahead to my
next
steps after college, I'm just not all that invested in
potentially
fighting the good fight like I know I may have to do in the true
employment arena. I'm wondering if anyone has experience or
positive
ideas of jobs that might be innately accessible or easily made
accessible. I'd prefer campus jobs but I'm willing to look out
in the
community as well; I just know the majority of things like food
prep
and waitressing are probably going to be hard for me to score,
as
would be working in any type of store since products move and I
can't
read the packaging.
Tutoring is something I've already considered, and if I can find
a
receptionist position that doesn't have a ton of print filing I
could
potentially do that. I know the dorms need desk workers and
have a
sign in sheet, but I might even be able to make the students
fill out
paperwork more than usual and accommodate that way. What
worries me
about that position is that the desk workers have to be a little
vigilant for anything shady that goes on, and I'm worried that
the
potential for someone to take advantage of that would be very
real and
considered a liability. My other idea that I'm still thinking
of is
tour guide. I don't know if I'd get hired to do that one
because they
tend to go for the stereotypical campus pride type of kids, and
although I don't make a bad poster child for my school I
certainly am
out of the norm. Still, I know my campus and all its little
shortcuts
very well and as long as I could get hired, I think I could do
that.
I'm still interested in hearing what has worked for others in
case
none of these leads pan out. Thanks in advance.
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