TRY SHOWING ABILITIES LOTS OF POSITIVE ABILITIES INSPITE OF BEING DIFFERENTLY ABLE IN SIGHT
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Subramani L <lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in>wrote: > Despite being a disadvantage, I strongly feel the disability of a person > must be clearly mentioned in a separate section ccalled "Disability" and > a proper description of it. Hiding it would make you guilty of > concealing a fact that is vital to the employee's judgement of you. > Since in some cases you may be the first disabled ccandidate to be > appearing for the job, hiding your disability would also imply you are > not comfortable about your disability, which would never leave you in a > stronger position to convince your potential employer that your > disability won't come in the way of your ability to perform. Besides if > you are not comfortable about it, the employee will have all the good > reasons of not feeling comfortable hiring you. > > Hiding it is hardly going to help you, so mention it voluntarily and > show that you have done a good job of dealing with the ccondition > yourself. Surely some employees will see the logic of such an argument > and -with all your prowess with the PC and internet- may even think of > giving you a chance. > > Subramani > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in > [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Sameer > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 1:26 PM > To: Access India > Subject: [AI] Disclosing disability in CV > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > We recently had a discussion on whether we should disclose our > disability > during the ongoing national census. I wish to know the members' > viewpoints > on disclosure of disability in job interviews in cases where there is no > > reservation. > > > > I seek the members' views on the following queries. > > > > 1.. Whether we should disclose our disability in the CV sent to > prospective employers, job consultants or posted on various job portals? > 2.. In case we decide to disclose our disability in the CV, where > should > it be disclosed? Assuming the CV has 4 sections - General Information, > Educational record, work experience & salary details, where should the > disability be disclosed & in what manner? > 3.. In case we are called for a job interview, should we check in > advance > whether the company will be willing to consider us inspite of our > disability? This query is more relevant in case we have not disclosed > our > disability in the CV since some blind friends who had not disclosed > their > blindness were refused permission even to appear for the interview when > they > reached the employer's office. Also, it has been observed that inspite > of > disclosing disability, interviewers tend to skip over the information & > they > are surprised when they realize the interviewee is blind. > > > Seeking the learned members views on the above queries. > > Regards > > > > > > Mr. Sameer Latey, > Mumbai, India > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.inwith > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -- http://ikonotes.blogspot.com/p/iko-notes.html To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
