[blindlaw] Any advice?

[Nightingale, Noel]

Michael:

I have some ideas for you.  You may call me if you like.  I am in
Seattle at (206) 220-7929

Noel Nightingale
 

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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Michael Fry
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:09 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] Any advice?

Hello,

I don't want to sound negative on my first email to the list, however, I
am having a very difficult time finding a good job.  I went to an above
average ABA accredited law school. I worked hard in law school,
academically I was ranked higher than most of my peers. On my first
attempt I passed the California Bar. In law school I interned at two
civil law firms, for a federal judge, and for the Department of Labor. I
also have a Masters Degree.

I have sent out at least five hundred resumes to various law firms. I
have been to at least twenty or twenty five interviews in the last six
months.
The only company that offered me a job, which I started working at seven
weeks ago, is a non-legal position at a collections agency where I spend
all day in a cubical doing contractual analysis. The job pays about the
same as a manager's salary at McDonalds or 10,000 dollars less than what
my little sister makes who just got her undergraduate degree. I'm the
only attorney in the company admitted to the California Bar.

In the meantime I have continued to send out resumes and go to
interviews, however, no one will hire me. I have also ranked in the
first band on the CA Attorney General's eligibility list. I go to the
interview and then several weeks later get a rejection letter.

It is a very bad thing. It makes me feel very bad. I have been told that
I interview well by the career center. I don't know what to do. I can't
help but feel I'm not being hired because I am legally blind. Can anyone
relate to this situation? Does anyone have any advice or suggestions?
I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get a good job.  I'll move
anywhere in the country.