[nabs-l] Question For Other NFB Training Center Graduates

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi there,

Just to play devil's advocate, I have always been told never to put
anything that gives away that I'm blind on my resume in order to
ensure that I'm judged fairly by employers, and am at least granted an
interview rather than tossed into the trash because of panic or an
unwillingness to learn how I can perform the job with some
modifications.  This has come from not just high school counselors,
but also college career counselors, professors, and employment
specialists working with blind people at a summer work experience
program I participated in a few summers ago.  I scrubbed all
mentioning of the word blind from my resume, with the exceptions of in
facility names and when saying I volunteered with blind children in
various capacities.  I don't even have my two NFB scholarship awards
listed on there per that advice, and the only blindness-related award
I have listed is one for being an outstanding youth volunteer from a
blindness organization.  I will give the disclaimer that I have not
attended a training center, but regardless according to what I've been
taught, it is just good rule of thumb to not mention you're disabled
in order to rule out discrimination prior to a job interview.  There
are some exceptions to the rule, such as when you're going for
educational opportunities and might need to have conversations about
accessibility up front, but I hope this provides some good food for
thought.

On 11/18/16, Sophie Trist via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> vejas, I can't answer the how-long part, but I definitely put LCB
> on my resume. If employers see that you graduated high school in
> the spring of 2015 and didn't start college until the fall of
> 2016, they're going to wonder what you did during your gap year.
> Telling them about LCB shows that you didn't laze around the
> house watching Netflix for nine months. If you also put a little
> bit about what you did at LCB, employers will see that you've had
> some fascinating experiences and that you're self-aware enough to
> realize what skills you lack and seek training in those areas.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Sophie
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:22:24 -0800
> Subject: [nabs-l] Question  For Other NFB Training Center
> Graduates
>
> Hi All,
> I graduated from LCB in June. I am currently attending my first
> year of college.
> I was wondering how many of you have put your training center
> graduation in your resume, and if so, for how long.
> Also, how specific are you when mentioning the training center?
> For example, do you just say you graduated from the Louisiana
> Center for the Blind, or that it is one of the top training
> centres in the country?
> Thanks,
> Vejas
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Kaiti Shelton