[nfbwatlk] Job hunting question

[Mary ellen]

Debbie,

If you can get in for an interview, you may be able to discuss your skills
and their needs.

Scanning should not be too difficult, especially if you have either the KNFB
Reader Mobile on your iPhone or a scanning OCR program (Kurzweil, Sara,
OpenBook.)  You can make copies, provided the copy machine isn't a menu
driven touch screen.

I'd suggest trying to get in there to talk with them, perhaps if they're
interested in you as an individual they might be willing to have a job coach
come with you to look over the techniques you need to develop.

As for the graphics stuff, it all depends on what portion of the work that
represents.

I'd say go for it if the overall work interests you provided the portions
that you feel unsure about aren't too much.

Good luck!


-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby
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Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 9:51 AM
To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nfbwatlk] Job hunting question

Hi all, okay, my husband and I are having a slight difference of opinion
about something, and I thought I'd ask you all.  There are some jobs out
there that I absolutely know I don't qualify for, because there are things
that I have not done before, or know that I would have a difficult, if not
impossible time doing.  
He says that I should apply anyway.  I say why would I do that knowing that
I don't meet the qualifications they are asking for.  
For instance, one job I just looked at today has lots of things that I can
do: answer phone, direct calls, word processing, record meeting minutes and
send them out to appropriate people, order office supplies.  But here are
the things I'm not so sure
about: scan documents, maintain electronic AND hardcopy files, (the hard
copy ones are the ones I question) distribute mail, create calendars, and
the biggy, put text into graphics; I'm assuming that they have the graphic
and they want text imbedded in the graphic.  They also want someone who can
operate a fax and a copier, (which I have not done but assume that if I had
a way of knowing whether the page was upside down or right-side up, I 
could do).  Apply or not to apply, that is the question.  Lol.    
Peace,    Debby

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