[Ohio-talk] Employment-Committee] FW: Hey, all you fence sitters!

[Suzanne Turner]

From: Employment-Committee [mailto:employment-committee-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dick Davis via Employment-Committee
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 11:45 AM
To: Employment-Committee at nfbnet.org
Cc: Dick Davis <ddavis at blindinc.org>
Subject: [Employment-Committee] FW: Hey, all you fence sitters!

 

A little note to increase attendance, I hope.

Dick Davis 

 

From: Dick Davis [mailto:ddavis at blindinc.org <mailto:ddavis at blindinc.org> ] 
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 10:31 AM
To: jobs at nfbnet.org <mailto:jobs at nfbnet.org> 
Subject: Hey, all you fence sitters!

 

Good Morning Everyone,

 

I hope many of you are looking forward to the NFB Convention, where you will learn a lot about how to get a job and meet employers who may hire you!

 

Here is a short story that may help any of you fence sitters out there decide to come this year, and encourage those of you who cannot come this year but might come next year, to start saving your dollars.  I got some calls this year from people who are literally scraping together their money to come.  One plans to stay with her friend in Orlando and commute to the convention, and another can only come for two days, but wants to get a job bad enough to do so.  We appreciate people like that, and encourage those of you who want to come, but lack the funds, to contact your state NFB affiliate about financial help this year or next.  The Jernigan Fund also provides scholarships for first time convention attendees, but you need to plan ahead.  If you haven’t joined the NFB yet, it only costs $5 or so a year, not much of an investment for all the good that can come your way.

 

In any event, I have a story to share.  One of our corporate employer partners told me yesterday that one individual, a graduate of BLIND, Inc., is unable to come this year because he started working for them as a team member a month ago.  Sad that he can’t come and share his story with us, but the employer will probably share it herself at our Job Seeker Seminar. 

 

I asked her what made the difference in their decision to hire him.  One was his willingness to relocate for the career he wanted, and another was his persistence: after meeting her at last year’s convention, he stayed in touch with her and never gave up.  But the thing she said was most important was the fact that he met her and her team members face to face, and was able to build a relationship with them.  That motivated her to go to bat for him in her organization.  I asked her if he would have been hired if they hadn’t met face to face.  She said that she couldn’t say for sure that he wouldn’t have been hired, but the fact that he showed the motivation to come to the convention and build a relationship with them made all the difference.

 

In other words, he was willing to leave his comfort zone and take a risk, and that impressed her enough to hire him.  Are you willing to leave your comfort zone?  If you come to the convention, you will meet people who can hire you face to face.  It’s a lot more effective than sending out resumes which will be screened by lower level people who will never have a chance to be impressed by you.  Just a thought.  

 

All the best of luck with your job search,

 

Dick Davis, Chair

NFB Employment Committee

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