[NFB_of_Georgia] Fwd: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Please forward this email re: career fair info to job seekers in your state attending convention

[Dorothy Griffin]

Job Seekers

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Chang, Patti via State-Affiliate-Leadership-List <
state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 3:59 PM
Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Please forward this email re:
career fair info to job seekers in your state attending convention
To: State Affiliate Leadership List <
state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Chang, Patti <PChang at nfb.org>, Richard Davis <dickblind at gmail.com>,
Dick Davis <ddavis at blindinc.org>


Please send this to anyone from your state who is attending our national
convention and who is job hunting.



                Dear Future Blind Employees:



Are you job hunting, or do you want to explore the possibilities? You can
do so at our 2019 career fair which is on Monday, July 8 from 1-3 p.m.,
with individual interviews from 3:30 to 5 p.m.We have over 30 employers
signed up so far.





If you want contact information for the employers, you must register at
https://www.nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/nfb-national-career-fair.
If you do that, we will be able to send you that information, including
periodic updates as the employer list grows. You will be able to contact
them directly, send them your resume, and make arrangements to meet them at
the career fair. We plan to do the first mailing to you next week, so hurry
and sign up!



You must register online to attend the career fair. While we will have a
few people at the convention to help you register, we expect many job
seekers and strongly suggest you ensure your registration by registering
now. And our new system makes it easy for you to sign up. You can do it on
your smartphone.



Can you get employer contact information if you don’t plan to attend the
career fair? No, since the employers registered specifically for the career
fair, not at this time. After the fair, we’ll see if they want to accept
applications year round, and if so, we may be able to develop a system to
do that.  But it won’t work as well as face to face contacts. So if you can
come, even for one hour, please do.



Another advantage of registering for the career fair is that it helps us
build a database of blind job seekers we can refer to employers who are
looking for people to hire. And next year, all you will have to do is
update your information. No muss, no fuss.



So please go to
https://www.nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/nfb-national-career-fair
  and sign up now.







Patti Chang Esq.

Director of Outreach

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

(410) 659-9314, extension 2422 | pchang at nfb.org

Cell: 773-307-6440





[image: National Federation of the Blind] <https://nfb.org/>



                         [image: Facebook]
<http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind>    [image: Twitter]
<https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice>    [image: Youtube]
<https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind>



The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends
who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we
work together to help blind people live the lives they want.




_______________________________________________
State-Affiliate-Leadership-List mailing list
State-Affiliate-Leadership-List at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
State-Affiliate-Leadership-List:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org/dgriffin%40nfbga.org


-- 
Dorothy Griffin - President
National Federation of the Blind of Georgia
dgriffin at nfbga.org
770-374-4832

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.