[nfbwatlk] Job hunting

[Walt Cone]

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----Walt Cone
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> On Nov 6, 2014, at 01:52, debby phillips via nfbwatlk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Well, I just spent the evening looking at jobs.  I found a company that I'm going to contact, though I think their call center jobs are all temporary.  The last one they posted was for people to help folks with the Affordable Care Act.  I wish I'd known about this job last winter.  I might have applied for it.  It would have only lasted four months, but it was a great call center job.
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> So okay, I have questions.  We talk about how blindness shouldn't get in the way of living the life we want.  So right now, I want to get a job and I pretty much don't care what I do.  My broad goal is customer service.  Boy, that includes everything from truck driver to selling cars at Camp Chevrolet.  Lol.  So here are a few jobs that I'm wondering if blind people have done, and how; cashier at a store; there also is a job for a book seller at Barnes and Noble.  I love books, and wonder if you all know of anyone who's done this kind of job.  Also, what about selling or working at an insurance company like State Farm? (They seem to be hiring like crazy around here for whatever reason).
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> Okay, next question.  I have to go to the Employment Service Division Office for a three-hour class on Monday.  (If I don't go, I could be denied unemployment benefits).  If I call them tomorrow and tell them that I'm blind and will need assistance, will I get it? I have a folder with my most current resume, and applications that I've done, which I'll take.  But Craig says that he doesn't think he should go with me, that they should give me stuff in an accessible format (which they won't).  The purpose of this class is to learn how to write resumes, I guess, and some other stuff.  Other then showing up to fulfill their requirement, is this going to be a waste of time? (I don't really have that many sighted friends here, so if Craig doesn't go with me and they can't or won't help me, is this just going to be a three hour time of frustration?
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> It irritates me that I already know that I'm going to walk in the door and they will all freak out because they won't know what to do about this blind lady who's going to come to their class.  I don't mean to sound whiny.  I probably do.  Sorry about that.  But any suggestions about how to approach this class and at least get something out of it, would be appreciated.
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> I guess I'd best go to bed.  After the elections, I'm afraid we're all going to find ourselves falling backward about 20 or 30 years.    Peace,    Debby
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> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbwatlk_nfbnet.org/walt.cone%40gmail.comHi Debbie,

     Unfortunately to get the unemployment benefits you will have to attend the classes required to get your unemployment benefits you payed taxes to get.

     I remember at one time they would deny benefits to a blind person and tell them to go to the "blind agency" as I was told to do in Arizona.  I fought the system and won but then had to do what was required by unemployment and what Services for the blind required me to do.  I have learned to get a job you have to have the skills but you also have to play the games too.
Walt