For Job Seekers: How an Internship Can Pave
the Way to Your Career
Adaptive Technology in The Workplace:
Adaptive Technology Funding Through Worker's
Compensation
For Employers: eSight Digest: Recruiting People
With Disabilities
For Inspiration: Time Is on Your Side
New Discussion Opportunity: Tell Us Your
Opinion - Time for a New Contract?
Earlier Discussions: Is Braille
essential for success?
Professional Development Seminars: Archives
Offer Extensive Resources
About eSight's Network News
For Job Seekers: How an Internship Can Pave
the Way to Your Career
Internships provide an opportunity to further your
knowledge of a chosen field, gain contacts in the
corporate sector and build a credible track record as
an employee.
Take advantage of the opportunity
at http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=250
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Adaptive Technology in The Workplace: Adaptive
Technology Funding Through Worker's Compensation
Here's an explanation of what funding is available for
adaptive technology through the worker's compensation
system.
Find out how at http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=247
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For Employers: eSight Digest: Recruiting People With
Disabilities
These five articles give human resources personnel,
especially those involved in recruiting, the
essentials they need to tap a new pool of qualified
candidates for a wide variety of jobs.
Tap into the treasure trove at
http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=248
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For Inspiration: Time Is on Your Side
- "After you have given your best efforts, be patient.
If you don't see results right away, don't feel
devastated. Just wait and let time take care of it."
- Shar McBee, To Lead Is to Serve
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New Discussion Opportunity: Tell Us Your Opinion -
Time for a New Contract?
Share your views with eSight members about workplace
problems and how you have resolved them. "Tell Us Your
Opinion" is an open dialogue board for exploring,
explaining, elaborating and evaluating career
management issues.
This week's topic: Is it time to forge a new implied
contract with employers?
We know today that we can expect to have four, five or
more different careers during our lifetime and there's
no longer an implied contract between employee and
employer which provides job security in exchange for
loyalty and diligent work.
Yet, in this atmosphere of little job security and the
continual threat of layoffs, employers fret about high
employee churn rates, the dangers of knowledge drift
and the high cost of training people who eventually
move to competitors.
As people with visual impairments, would it benefit us
to not go along with the crowd and approach our most
preferred employer on a personal, one-to-one level
with a new kind of reasoning? That new approach could
concentrate on these two key points:
- I've done my homework. I know this is where I
want to work. I know I can grow my career with this
firm.
- Give me the accommodations I need, a chance to
prove myself and the opportunity to grow in my career,
and I'll be willing to do my best and contribute to
your organization's success over the long term.
What do you think? Would going against the
job-hopping trend and offering the right employers
long-term commitments in exchange for opportunities
to prove ourselves increase our employment prospects?
Find the "new implied contract" thread on the board,
read the replies to the question and then add your own
views by selecting the "Reply" link. Your thoughts
will be published as soon as you select "Submit."
You can select the option of receiving an e-mail copy
of the message you post. Also consider the option of
receiving an e-mail copy of the messages others post.
Add your thoughts at http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=209
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Earlier Discussions: Is Braille essential for success?
"I think Braille is a technology better suited to an
analogue world than a digital one. How we work with
information has changed. Today, success demands we
access and process large quantities of information in
short periods of time. Braille was good in the days
when workplaces were run with typed, handwritten, and
printed material. That's because Braille is another
form of paper communication. Today's workplace, with
e-mail and other electronic communications is better
suited to voice access, which can be completely
digitized." - Jtedford
"It is my understanding that 95 percent of blind
persons who are employed use Braille. I believe it is
essential for a blind person who cannot manage print
to learn and use Braille, whether as a child or later
in life. Braille usage is as important to a blind
person as print is to a sighted person. One learns
spelling, grammar, text layout etc. by using Braille.
When we listen to the spoken word, such as via a
screen reader, the information comes in and
is immediately gone. Braille stays put so one can
remember what's being read better and can also help in
verifying information to others on the job. It helps
to be able to take notes for personal use in Braille
so that information can be quickly found. Sometimes it
is helpful to use Braille labels on equipment in the
workplace for identification of buttons, etc." - catly
"I have been a Braille user all my life. Without it, I
honestly feel I would not have been successful in
school or career. Many of the forms I use in my job
are available to me in Braille, and my computer is
also hooked to a Braille display. I have speech
output, but rely on Braille more. There have been
times when I have been forced to use speech
exclusively, but I do not perform at my best with
speech only. I honestly do not see how a person who is
totally blind can succeed in life without this skill."
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Professional Development Seminars: Archives Offer
Extensive Resources
The eSight Careers NetworkTM's Professional Development
Seminars have the summer off, but you can check the
archives and listen to last winter's and this spring's
sessions (six in all) or read the summaries on such
topics as:
Alternative Career Choices and Tapping into the Artist
in All of Us
http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=232
Breaking Down Barriers to Employment
http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=183
How to Tap into the Hidden Job Market
http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=148
How to Get and Have a Successful Job Interview
http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=139
Online Job Search Tips
http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=201
What Does an Executive and Administrative
Search Team Look for in a Job Candidate?
http://www.esightcareers.net/index.cfm?x=171
Listen to the audio files by following the "Explore
Our Professional Development Seminars" link on the
Main Menu.
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