[Ohio-talk] I need some Advice for a job I'm applying for!

Thu Jul 12 17:37:16 UTC 2018

Hi all,

I agree with Richard,  I would pose this question to you. Do they ask all perspective employees to prove their ability to do the job prior to hiring them?   You have skills. You are confident in your abilities to exceed expectations.  Let your work & skills shine for them selves. 

I know the temptation to want to prove you can do a job in order to get a job.  Thing is, it rarely works out the way you might thing it would.  

At the core of it, to ask a blind person to prove that they can do a job, before you would hire them is, well… rather insulting, not on your part, rather on theirs.   Pretty sure that there is a legal issue with that as well.  

I have hired more people in the past 21 years than I can count.  I never ask them to show me the can do it, before I make them an offer.   

I would ask to interview with the new management &  walk through the process just like anyone else would.   

I know where you are. I was in the same spot when I was much much younger.  I thought that if I proved I could do the work, I would be considered an equal with my peers & would be offered the spot.  It didn’t work out that way.  

Do you enjoy food service?   

> On Jul 3, 2018, at 4:09 AM, Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> That is not true blind people all over the world has already proven it for
> you.
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Payne,  President
> 
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> 
> 937-396-5573or 937/829/3368
> 
> Rchpay7 at gmail.com <mailto:Rchpay7 at gmail.com>
> 
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back
> 
> 
> 
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of Vincent Fugate
> via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Monday, July 2, 2018 10:11 AM
> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List' <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>>
> Cc: vincentf2872 at gmail.com <mailto:vincentf2872 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] I need some Advice for a job I'm applying for!
> 
> 
> 
> Richard,
> 
> 
> 
> I agree, but whenever I apply for a job anywhere I have noticed, and
> overhear and have been told by staff and managers, that the jobs I apply for
> will not higher me because of my blindness even if I am more than qualified
> to do the work, and willing to prove my abilities to do the job.  That is
> why I am thinking I should tell them I am willing to prove my abilities
> before they higher me.
> 
> 
> 
> Vince Fugate
> 
> Email: vincentf2872 at gmail.com <mailto:vincentf2872 at gmail.com> 
> 
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> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>
> <mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>> > On Behalf Of Richard Payne via
> Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Monday, July 2, 2018 8:35 AM
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> <mailto:ohio-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>> >
> Cc: Richard Payne <rchpay7 at gmail.com <mailto:rchpay7 at gmail.com><mailto:rchpay7 at gmail.com <mailto:rchpay7 at gmail.com>> >
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] I need some Advice for a job I'm applying for!
> 
> 
> 
> You should apply for the job and then your work will speak for itself.
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Payne,  President
> 
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> 
> 937-396-5573or 937/829/3368
> 
> Rchpay7 at gmail.com <mailto:Rchpay7 at gmail.com> <mailto:Rchpay7 at gmail.com <mailto:Rchpay7 at gmail.com>> 
> 
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back
> 
> 
> 
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>
> <mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>> > On Behalf Of Vincent Fugate via
> Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Monday, July 2, 2018 6:33 AM
> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List' <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> <mailto:ohio-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>> >
> Cc: vincentf2872 at gmail.com <mailto:vincentf2872 at gmail.com><mailto:vincentf2872 at gmail.com <mailto:vincentf2872 at gmail.com>> 
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] I need some Advice for a job I'm applying for!
> 
> 
> 
> I just want to give everyone an update on what I have been up to since I
> last posted, and I have a question about a good job I'm going to apply for
> in my area.
> 
> 
> 
> I have not been able to find an apartment at a reasonable price in a good
> location in the Cleveland area, and I renewed my lease for one more year,
> but I am not going to give up on finding a better place to live.
> 
> 
> 
> I do have some good news, there is a restaurant in my area that is less than
> a block away from me, and the Kitchen Manager is willing to work with me.
> All I need to do is apply for the job with the General Manager, and I know
> both of these people.  The only concern I have is that in the past is that
> the previous owner would not higher me because of my blindness, but now this
> place has a new owner, and the Kitchen Manager told me to try to apply for
> the job again.
> 
> 
> 
> My question is, when I apply for this job I want to tell the General Manager
> that I am willing to prove my abilities to do the job I am applying for.
> All I will be doing is cooking, food prep, and cleaning all of which is a no
> brainer for me
> 
> 
> 
> I know I can do this job, and I know that I would be a be a better employee
> than my sighted counterparts, and the Kitchen Manager agrees, and he said he
> will back me up.  However, I think I need to show the General Manager I can
> do the job.
> 
> 
> 
> So what do you think?  Is it ok for me to say I am willing to show you I can
> do the job before employing me?  I also want to show the management that I
> am not a liability if the higher me because that is what some people that
> work there think due to misconceptions about blindness.
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Vince fugate
> 
> Email: vincentf2872 at gmail.com <mailto:vincentf2872 at gmail.com><mailto:vincentf2872 at gmail.com <mailto:vincentf2872 at gmail.com>> 
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