I could not understand which site you were mentioning, the suggestions you have mentioned is applicable to everybody at any time though. Of late, a website for vi job seekers and employers called www.doability.comhas been launched
Renuka. On 1/13/13, Syed Imran <syed.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > We must also take steps to make the employers strictly follow the > accessibility guidelines while designing their in-house software packages > because this will have a direct baring on the performance of a VI candidate > and if this not done so, the candidate's may not have a strong career in > the > firm. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of George Abraham > Sent: 14 January 2013 07:28 > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: Re: [AI] A site for bringing vi job seekers and employers > together! > > Agreed entirely. However, I would appreciate the efforts put in by the > people who are trying to organise jobs/opportunities for the VI. > > My take is that the quality of education opportunities available for the VI > are the pits. Focus has to be on getting more quality VI job aspirants > into > the job market. Our blind schools have to raise the bar. Maths and science > has to be taught. Expectations from our blind youth has to be raised and > greater discipline has to come in. Jobs will come ideally only when we are > worthy of them. People will start thinking differently only when we get > them to begin thinking differently. > > Best, > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of ss sarfudeen > Sent: 14 January 2013 00:08 > To: accessindia > Subject: [AI] A site for bringing vi job seekers and employers together! > > Dear all, > > I agree that a few such initiatives are being taken by people at different > levels. But the existing harsh reality is that most employers are not > willing to hire people with vision impairments and this is what I hear > every > time from both individuals and organisations working in the area of > disability. This scenario is very true particularly in a city like Chennai > where the level of awareness about visual disability is very low. Please > note that I am not against anyone or any efforts made in the direction of > enhancing the job opportunities for the vision impaired segment. My only > question is that how much of these efforts produce fruitful results for > this > group. > > Regards, > > Sultana > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin > dia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > 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 > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind > ia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > 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 > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > 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 > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ 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
