[Jobs] (no subject)

[Jessica]

Melisa.
I know your situation well.  However, I'm a little younger, and was born 
totally blind.  I myself am also trying to find employment for my skills and 
experience and the thing I run into most is either I don't have enough 
experience or enough qualifications, or of course the old your technology 
doesn't work with our systems.  I don't mean to sound negative by any means, 
but so many no's can get you down after awhile.  If there is anyone who 
works in this list doing tech support or IT, I'd greatly appreciate their 
willingness to talk to me about any obstacles they have encountered and ways 
they got around them.  Any IT or technology related job leads would be 
greatly appreciated too as I myself got my microsoft and A+ certifications 
about a year ago, have constantly been looking and searching to no avail and 
am ready to go to work.
Thanks
Jess
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] (no subject)


>
> Dear Melissa,
>
> Welcome to the list.
> There are many people here who will likely become your friends one day.
> Believe it or not.
> As for your situation.  What are you looking to do for employment.
> Are you trying to become a medical transscribtionist?
> If so, the NFB has a list for them and there are several on this list
> service.
> Tell us more about yourself and what you want to do.
> Networking is something that can help you find work and make some friends
> along the way.
> I am a former Nuclear/Aerospace Materials Engineer, but now work in 
> transit.
> I have been blind since the age of 16 and got all of my degrees after
> becoming Blind.  I worked at allot of jobs in my life and almost all of 
> them
> were after I was legally Blind.
> I never had a problem with finding and getting or keeping a job until I 
> gave
> up driving after doing so for over 20 years and being Blind all of the 
> time.
> It was lack of transportation that stopped me from working for nearly 19
> years.
> That was how and why I became a transit advocate and worked to change it .
> I did change it and it lead me to a new job as a Consumer Advocate for MV
> Transit.
> I was hired to help them in a very tough start up her in Palm Beach County
> Florida.
> I knew the disabilities and seniors communities.  I had forged good
> relationships with the County Commissioners.
> I used what I knew to help MV fix what was wrong and now MV is the best
> service provider working for Palm Tran.
> I look forward to talking to you and I will do what ever I can to help you
> become the person you want to be.
>
> David Evans, NFBF
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Melissa Quarles" <quarlesmelissa at yahoo.com>
> To: <jobs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:57 AM
> Subject: [Jobs] (no subject)
>
>
>> Hi my name is Melissa. I am a 27 year old female I have a four year old
>> child. I lost my sight 2 years ago. I have not worked since then. I have
>> been doing training and doctors since then trying to get ready to work 
>> and
>> that way nobody could say that I was not prepared properly. But now that 
>> I
>> am ready they still say that I am not ready. So, I find it very hard and
>> heart breaking that they do this but they won't break my spirits because 
>> I
>> always see the sunny side of the fence and always go for it that way I 
>> can
>> show my daughter no matter what you can succeed!
>> Peace out
>> Melissa
>>
>>
>>
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