[Jobs] piano tuners

[Judith Bron]

Marshall, Often when a person is visually impaired their hearing becomes 
much sharper.  Since you are applying to tune pianos, wouldn't this 
attribute make you more qualified?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Davis" <ddavis at blindinc.org>
To: "'Jobs for the Blind'" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] piano tuners


> Hi, Marshall,
>
> A lot depends on whether it is actually positive.  It may not be.  In that
> case, you need to point out the characteristics (better training, more
> experience, at top of your class, etc.) that make you better than most
> sighted people. In any job interview, you must be able to answer two
> questions:
>
> 1. Why should I hire you?
> 2. Why are you better than anyone else I could hire?
>
> It may be that your blindness does make you a better candidate.  If so, it
> would probably be as a result of how you dealt with blindness rather than
> the blindness itself.  For example, are you better organized?  Do you use
> your time better?  Did you work extra hard and do more because you knew a
> blind person might have more trouble getting a job?  There are other,
> possibly better questions, but these are the ones I could think of on the
> fly.
>
> If your blindness does make you a better candidate, you need to psych
> yourself up so you radiate confidence.  Assume that you will get the job.
> Never, never go into a job acting like an applicant for welfare, as it 
> will
> kill the interview for you.  Think: "Mr. /Ms. Employer, there is no way 
> you
> are going to find anyone as good as me," until you believe it.  You will
> convey that confidence in a whole host of ways.  It may help if you 
> remember
> these two things:
>
> 1. The interviewer is going to be a little afraid if he/she has never
> interviewed a blind person before.  Therefore, you must present your
> blindness as a fact, tell him/her it's no big deal to you, and offer to
> answer any questions he/she may have about it.  Try to put him/her at ease
> and establish yourself as a resource to help them understand how you do
> things.
>
> 2. Regardless of the number of people he/she talks to, you will have the
> interviewer's undivided attention during the interview and you will be the
> one applicant he/she will always remember.  Use it to your benefit.  When
> you find yourself in the spotlight, perform!
>
> We work a lot in our careers classes on this subject, so I know these
> suggestions will work.
>
> Dick Davis
> BLIND, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> pianotune05 at comcast.net
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:27 PM
> To: jobs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Jobs] piano tuners
>
> Hi Robert,
> Great ideas, and I didn' t know that electronic key boards could be tuned 
> so
> to speak.  Do you know where one could learn how to adjust these new 
> gagets
> as I call them, not real pianos. :)
>
> I wish I went to the piano hospial ,but finances and relocating weren't a
> possibility.  Even if I could receive help with the education cost, they
> usually don't pay for living expenses.  Pam, do you know if they place 
> piano
> tuners in jobs.
>
> Fortunately, I'm in an area with great transportation for the most part,
> Chicago.  A question I have is, how can i make being partially sighted a
> positive thing for a piano store rather than a negitive one?  Thanks
> all.Talk to you when I get back on Saturday.
> Marshall Gisondi
> Piano Tuner/Technician
>
> Villa Park,
> 630-833-3978
>
>
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