[nfb-talk] Some Job Questions...

[Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)]

Kerri and Listers,

There are a lot of blind folks in the food industry. The "business enterprises" programs in your state could probably answer some of your questions. I don't know the ins and outs of running a food business, but there are devices that will help a blind person function nicely at a cash register, cooking, etc. 

Not knowing the pretzel making duties, I wouldn't' advise in any way, but imagine that it isn't hard to use alternative techniques to make them. I know, that the NFB of Oregon sold "hot soft pretzels" at an October fest for several years, and that only required the microwaving of the pretzels after preparing the frozen pretzel with proper amounts of salt, etc. But that's about as much info as I have on the whole subject. I'm sure there are others on the list that can and will respond. 

If you are interested in food businesses, contact our Blind Merchants Division for much more help than I have been.

/s/

Bennett Prows

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kerri Kosten
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:12 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list; Blind Talk Mailing List; NFB Talk Mailing List; Ed McDonald
Subject: [nfb-talk] 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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