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

Jose Martinez jose.martinez07 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 11:17:20 UTC 2010


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From: "Freeh, Jessica" <JFreeh at nfb.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:59:06 -0600
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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