[nabs-l] Job Hunting

[Gloria G]

Hi,
You said you work for yourself. What is it that you do, if you don't mind my 
asking.
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> Welcome to America's Job market for disabled employees.  You should 
> reconsider and work for yourself.  I think that most would agree that 
> people who work and are successful in mainstream corporate America as 
> blind people are lucky as a small minority.  I work for myself because I 
> do not want to be bothered educating a close-minded population.  People 
> should not think twice why we have such poor standards since our people in 
> political power fail to realize that bad education from the start creates 
> much of these problems.  Look abroad, you do not see such degrading 
> attitudes and poor standards in education, class, race, and disability. 
> Some would argue that our system is good, yet, it still trails the world. 
> We are living in a nation transforming itself into third-world status.
> Sorry for the rant.
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 6, 2012, at 7:25 PM, "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I was wondering how do you handle interviews when the talk of blindness 
>> comes up? I have had some interviews and in some cases the interviewer 
>> does not bring up my blindness, but I know it is something that is very 
>> noticable as soon as I walk in the door. I try to remain calm and answer 
>> the questions that pertain to the position I am applying for and I 
>> discuss how I would handle these tasks despite my blindness. There are 
>> those interviewers who just come right out and ask how I am going to 
>> complete the task required of me as a blind person. I answer and give 
>> examples of how I would complete the tasks. I guess I should have started 
>> out by saying I am a psychology and sociology double major and want to 
>> work with at risk youth as a counselor. Because I do not yet have my 
>> degree I am trying to gain as much experience as possible because this is 
>> what future employers will be looking for, but the problem I run into is 
>> there are many organizations that work with at risk youth in the town I 
>> live in, but there is always the question of how I am going to work with 
>> the youth as a blind person. I have also thought of doing any work that 
>> envolved providing services to youth, women, families such as, homeless 
>> shelters and things of that nature. I am just feeling defeated at this 
>> point, because every door I have opened has closed shut in my face, and 
>> it only seems to be due to me being blind. I just want someone to give me 
>> a chance because I know I can do the work.
>> Thanks
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