[Nfbofnc] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] New Job Listings on NFB-NEWSLINER Create Access and Employment Opportunities for Blind and Print-Disabled Americans

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From: Freeh, Jessica <JFreeh at nfb.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:59 AM
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] New Job Listings on NFB-NEWSLINER Create
Access and Employment Opportunities for Blind and Print-Disabled Americans
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen

Director of Public Relations

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)

<mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org



New Job Listings on NFB-NEWSLINE® Create Access
and Employment Opportunities for Blind and Print-Disabled Americans



Hundreds of Thousands of Job Listings Now Available



Baltimore, Maryland (December 13, 2010): The National Federation of the
Blind (NFB), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of the blind, is
pleased to announce that a revolutionary new feature has been added to
NFB-NEWSLINE®, the free audible information service for the blind and others
who cannot read print due to a physical or learning disability.  With this
groundbreaking job-listings feature, blind and print-disabled people will be
able to easily and independently search for job openings that match their
education, skills, and interests.



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
“The addition of this exciting new feature will address a critical need of
blind and print-disabled Americans­the need for timely and independent
access to job listings.  The availability of these listings will be of
tremendous help in reducing the estimated 70 percent rate of unemployment
among this population.  Subscribers can search through hundreds of thousands
of job listings from all across the country and look for openings in their
hometowns.”



With the addition of content from a national job classifieds provider,
NFB-NEWSLINE® subscribers can conduct searches for job openings in dozens of
categories such as banking and education, and if desired, can narrow the
search to look for certain keywords within the listings.  Subscribers can
save their searches and request that a particular job listing be sent to
them via e-mail; the e-mail will contain the listing as well as a link that
will provide a Web page with the position’s application form.



“For over fifteen years NFB-NEWSLINE® has played a vital role in the daily
lives of tens of thousands of blind and physically disabled Americans,” said
Scott White, director of the NFB-NEWSLINE® program for the NFB.  “Now, with
the addition of the innovative job-listings feature, NFB-NEWSLINE®
subscribers can gain more than ever from this valuable service.  By making
the process of searching and applying for jobs easier, NFB-NEWSLINE® is
increasing the independence of those blind and print-disabled individuals
who are looking for employment.”



NFB-NEWSLINE® allows those who cannot read conventional newsprint due to a
visual or physical disability to access publications as well as television
and job listings over the telephone, on the Web, or by download to digital
talking book players or MP3-playing devices.



To learn more about NFB-NEWSLINE®, please visit <http://www.nfbnewsline.org/
>www.nfbnewsline.org. Those interested in subscribing to the service may
fill out the online application form, write to <mailto:nfbnewsline at nfb.org>
nfbnewsline at nfb.org, or call (866) 504-7300.  In order to be eligible for
NFB-NEWSLINE®, an individual must be a US resident who is legally blind or
has a physical or learning disability that prevents the independent reading
of newspapers.





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About the National Federation of the Blind



With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the
largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the
United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy,
education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and
self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the blindness field today and
the voice of the nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and
training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.


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