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September 21, 2009
Addressing Employer Concerns About Your Disability
This summer we have been looking at ways to use social media as a job search tool. We have also discussed ways to use it as a marketing tool for those of us interested in self-employment.
We are approaching National Disability Employment Awareness Month (October) and now have an opportunity to use social media as a tool to educate employers about the benefits of hiring individuals who happen to have a disability.
Disability Mentoring Day, which this year will take place on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, is yet another way we help employers to change their perception when they open their doors for participants to explore career paths, learn interviewing skills and job shadow for a day.
Here are two eSight resources worth revisiting to help
us prepare for October:
"Addressing Concerns About Your Disability in A Job Interview" by eSight’s Nan Hawthorne.
Let's share our thoughts for helping employers become
more aware of their unwarranted disability concerns by
replying to this week's discussion question:
How do you help prospective employers see past your visual impairment so they can focus on your abilities, skills and knowledge?
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Posted by Liz Seger at September 21, 2009 05:46 PM