[rehab] [Jobs] looking for help

Wed Apr 13 18:29:31 UTC 2011

Dick,

Thanks!  That's great information.  I'm using a couple of local job search
sites to sniff around the current local market, but get pretty frustrated
with the sites before I've learned much.  Big demand here for drivers, CNAs
and other licensed medical professionals, so getting to a job that would
apply to my qualifications and any of my skill sets requires some patience.
/smile/

I'll try Guerilla!  I've been thining about hitting Monster and some of
those others I was familiar with years back.  I even decided to break down
and spring for a professional resume before I left my marriage -- which I
was pretty sure I was going to end up having to do -- and reached a level of
vision loss that required me to hit up VR for the really expensive stuff...
I'll admit that it's a better resume by far than what I was coming up with,
even though I've had schooling and experience in resume prep.  Too close to
my own resume to come up with a new one that satisfied me at the time, I
guess.  Anyway, I ended up including it with an entry level job I took out
of desperation, so it didn't help but was big plus in my being promoted
shortly thereafter.  I've used it to pic up some contract work here and
there since, just not enough to pay for the 5 figures worth of adaptive tech
I need to build a successful freelance business...  What with not having the
adaptive tech to do the more lucrative projects which would provide enough
income to pay for the next generation of cool tools.  Still, I love my work
and the people I get to work with and for, so I take these gems when I get
the opportunity.  /smile/

Naturally, I included my resume with references and a cover  letter modified
to apply when VR did finally manage to get a warm body out to my neck of the
woods so I could at least discuss how to start the process of getting a
workplace evaluation and some guidance I could give to my employer so that
company could follow through on its agreement to provide the tools once we
were sure we all knew what those would be and had the paperwork from a VRC
and whomever else was needed so the accounting department would be happy and
okay the expense...  I also included a list of written questions, the
results and some of the background material documenting my own research into
what I needed to continuing performing the specific tasks involved in my
work...

Do you know, with the exception of a couple of the technical guys, I never
in all my time working with that agency -- or trying to -- not once did I
ever get a hint that anyone I spoke to had a clue what I do for a living.  I
finally came out and asked one person, who hemmed and hawed and stuttered
and finally managed to come up with, "Well, I think it has something to do
with computers."  Apparently, the professionally designed and written resume
only works with people who actually, you know, read it.  /lol/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:rehab-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Dick Davis
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 11:06 AM
To: 'Jobs for the Blind'
Cc: 'Rehabilitation Counselor Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [rehab] [Jobs] looking for help

Hi Everyone,

Recently I have been using information from Guerrilla Job Search
International in my careers classes at BLIND, Inc. to see how well it works
with blind people.  My students have responded positively, so I think it is
fair to recommend their site to the rest of you.  The link is
http://www.gm4jh.com/.  There is a lot of free information on their site,
and even the stuff you can buy is pretty inexpensive.  

One advantage of their materials is that they are either sound files or text
files that are basically free of odd formatting or graphics.  JAWS reads
their PDF files well, or you can convert them easily into straight text.  I
recommend starting with "Guerrilla Job Search Secrets", which you can either
download or purchase on CD for the cost of shipping.  

While you may have heard some of the ideas already through Richard Bolles or
other modern job search gurus, there is a lot of new information and new
marketing methods that look like they will work well.  The logos idea is
pretty intriguing.  They offer a money back guarantee on their resume
course, and they do a decent job of following up and sending you free
information.  Their headquarters is in Edina, MN, which is not too far from
our center.   

Dick Davis  

-----Original Message-----
From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Michelle Clark
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 12:48 PM
To: jobs at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Jobs] looking for help

Hello,

One thing I find from List Serves is it allows persons to say things that
they would not necessarily say in an open faced conversation. Also in true
"Business Decorum", some things are better responded to in private.

I find when I read such posts as this, the best response is to reply "off
line" to give the author of this original post some advice without
embarrassment. I am certain that the recipient of the email would feel much
better and thankful of the manner of the reply then    to basically be
lambasted for making such a mistake.

I believe we are here to help one another, not to tear one another down when
an error in judgment is made.    Often, before I respond, I think about how
I would feel if   something I   am writing was said to me. 

Michelle  

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