Job's 1998 Job Seminar

Job's 1998 Job Seminar

Future Reflections Winter/Spring 1998, Vol. 17 No. 1

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JOB's 1998 National Job

Seminar

by Lorraine Rovig, Job Opportunities for the Blind (JOB)
Can ordinary, blind Americans get hired for

ordinary jobs? How? Once hired, how do they perform them? Listeners have called JOB's

annual seminar "riveting" and "exhilarating." Blind Americans

searching for work and other interested persons are invited to the 1998 NATIONAL JOB

SEMINAR sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind and the U.S. Department of

Labor. This free national-level, employment seminar will take place Saturday afternoon, on

the 4th of July, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Hyatt Regency Hotel. All

interested teachers, parents, and administrators, and all children and teens are welcome

to attend this FREE seminar.

In this year's lively three-hours, Lee Kerr of

Arizona will talk about his customer service job for Sears and about training other blind

persons to join the staff. Susan Schaffer (MS-CCC), a certified speech language

pathologist who is totally blind, will talk about the techniques she used to get through

college and to succeed in her chosen field. We will hear an update from Rami Rabby (a

blind man) on his job in the United States Department of State.

He is now posted to our embassy in Lima, Peru. Do you have a "generic" liberal arts

degree? Veronica Smith is working in the capacity of a paralegal at a state

agency. She'll describe what she does and how she was trained on

the job.

Do you hate the thought of working indoors in an

office or a factory? Last year, the panel of speakers from Nebraska's state agency for the

blind told us about assisting a blind client to become an over-the-road trucker. (He hires

the man behind the wheel, but he does everything else.) This year Chad Bell, himself, will

tell his story. (No, sorry, he won't arrive at the Hyatt in his 18-wheeler.) These

fascinating and educational real-life tales, along with many more, will fill the

three-hour job seminar.

Remember, at the end of the seminar, the mike is

open for any employment-related announcements. JOB invites employers in the crowd to give

notice of job openings; blind job seekers to give a verbal "mini-resume," and

agencies with programs for blind job seekers to entice students by describing their

offerings.

What employment is possible for a blind American?

What would you like to do? Whether you are looking for work

or wishing to change jobs, this seminar is for you. On July 4,

Independence Day, come listen in person. Ask our speakers directly

those questions that you have always wanted to ask.

Job Opportunities For The Blind (JOB) 1998 Networking Breakfasts

Are you a blind person looking for work, or an

employed blind person who wishes to share what you know? Are you a professional in the

blindness field who is looking for new ideas? Every morning of convention, in the main

restaurant of the DFW Hyatt Regency, JOB invites you to network about employment. Blind

children, their parents, and teachers are welcome too. Seating takes place from 6:45 to

7:00 a.m. and breakfast is BYOB (Buy Your Own Breakfast). Please don't interrupt the

conversations by being late.

Facilitators help each breakfast stay on topic.

Saturday, July 4:

* The First-timers Breakfast.

Sunday, July 5:

* The First-timers Breakfast.

* Sunday's "generic" Breakfast For Job

Seekers: What problems do you have in your job search? Brain-storming is our specialty at

the daily "generic" breakfast.

* JOB's 4th Networking Breakfast For Blind Travel

Instructors.

* Emergency Dispatchers Networking Breakfast.

* New Job In A New Place (a J-o-b Walking

Workshop): Not a breakfast. Details announced at JOB's seminar Saturday.

Monday, July 6:

* Monday's "Generic" Breakfast For Job

Seekers.

* The Annual Breakfast For Blind Scientists And

Engineers: Interested persons will meet at the hotel concierge desk at 7:00 a.m. to go

together to our breakfast meeting. Make reservations by e-mail to: Robert Jacquiss and

John Miller [[email protected]] [[email protected]]

* JOB's 5th Annual Breakfast For Blind Persons In

Medical Fields.

* JOB's 6th Annual Breakfast For Braille

Proofreaders & Transcribers.

* JOB's 9th Annual Networking Breakfast For Blind

Lawyers.

* I Do "Windows"—A Job Networking

Breakfast.

Tuesday, July 7:

* Tuesday's "Generic" Breakfast For Job

Seekers.—special facilitator: Mrs. Hazel tenBroek.

* The 7th Annual Blind Artists Breakfast. Art for

money!

* A Networking Breakfast For Customer Service

Representatives.

* I Do "Windows" (again)--a Job

Networking Breakfast.

Wednesday, July 8:

* Wednesday's "generic" Breakfast For

Job Seekers.

* Writing For Money; A JOB Networking Breakfast

(#2).

* The JOB Coordinators 2nd Annual Brainstorming

Breakfast.

* "I Don't Want a Desk Job," A JOB

Networking Breakfast. NEW!

Thursday, July 9:

* JOB's "Last Chance" Generic Breakfast

For Job Seekers.

* JOB's Networking Breakfast For Computer Access

Teachers.

* JOB's 3rd Annual Networking Breakfast For

Entrepreneurs.

Friday, July 10:

* JOB's Breakfast For Employment Professionals.

NOTE: If you have a special employment interest,

why not set up your own breakfast during convention week? Ask the Director of JOB to help

you meet people in your favorite field.

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