Yes George, There is much need to develop our skills before criticising the NGOs or others who are working hard to employee all of us.
On part of sensetization I recently have met an student in one of the top universities. On our discussion I have suggested him to learn NVDA as its freeware and it benefits him in finding a good job. The answer I heard from him is "I know JAWS and now there is no need for me to learn any new screen reader. If any company needs my services its the company responsibility to provide the JAWS software." I am sure that every company looks for the employee who can quickly learn and adopt new and updated knowledge. Dont say no to anything try to learn as much as possible which will benefit your career. On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:23:22 +0530 wrote >Hi, I entirely agree with George on the issue. We start reacting if we don't benefit from the event and start bashing the organizers which eventually may discourage them in the long run. The scenario is challenging where fewer opportunities exist in both govt and private sectors while the number of people is multi-fold. Any such effort must be supported and encouraged. Lets start focusing on improving our skills that make us more competitive and sell-able ! Therefore, the best would be to provide your constructive feedback to the organizers who can then try to restrict the numbers or devise ways of prior screening depending on the kind of qualification desired or may be spell out the minimum qualifications & experience etc so that the fairs do not become a crowded Mela where a matriculate and a post graduate queuing up for the jobs not knowing what posts are being filled up in the fair. -- Warm regards, Subhash Chandra Vashishth Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Consider environment! On 14 December 2010 12:54, George Abraham wrote: > Dear Friends, > > I do know that employment is a major concern for all of us visually > impaired > people. Most corporate houses are not very open to hiring blind and > visually > impaired people. NGOs and social activists are perhaps the only people who > are championing the cause of employment for us. It is a huge challenge and > I > would appreciate the efforts of the NGOs who have taken on the challenge. > We > must realise that NGOs are spending a lot of their time and resources > sensitising, lobbying and negotiating on our behalf for jobs in the private > sector. The battle is against a formidable mindset, the task is by no means > easy. Further, we must realise that NGOs contrary to popular perceptions, > work with very limited budgets. My experience tells me that we need to be > patient and see what we could do to alter the situation on our part. The > questions to ask ourselves are whether we are well prepared to take on > interviews, whether our language skills are good enough for the Corporate > World, whether our qualifications are right and whether we are good enough > to take on the competition? Remember that the Corporates have several > choices. > > Hence, I do not think it is a great idea to resort to NGO bashing if we are > not finding employment. On the other hand I would focus on self development > and try and cooperate with the NGOs who are fighting for my cause. Yes, we > all have the right to be disappointed but let us not criticise and crib > about efforts put in by people who are part of our own team. Hope all of > you > would take this mail in the right spirit. > > Regards, > > George > > 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 Rakesh Blog: http://rakeshpaladugula.blog.co.i There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. 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
