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Job hunting
Job hunting: a bit of a challenge this. I've been actively looking for work since last September. I'm starting to get a little tired of my daily session of searching through email alerts for jobs that I'm unlikely to get! This first blog is in danger of turning into a bit of a rant so I must be careful not to let it, but…
Career Coach 2011 - Initial thoughts
To ‘jump’ on board the career coach is a good analogy for this day. I believe you have to be fearless and have courage to take opportunities like this that blow into your vision. There are so many opportunities blowing in the wind, that it is easy to miss them.
Employing a visually impaired person makes good business sense
I am lucky. There are no two ways about it. I have the good fortune of having everything any human person needs to be happy and fulfilled. I have a loving family, have had the benefit of a great education and, this is where the luck bit comes in, I have been afforded opportunities.
Disclosing a disability at work
As so many visually impaired people are able to cope with minor modifications to their work environments without having to officially wear the disability badge, they live in fear of being caught out and are hanging on to whatever useful vision that they have and are waiting until the eleventh hour to tell their boss that getting that new pair of glasses they have been allegedly putting off just isn’t going to cut it.
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