Job-hunting tips for people with disability

Job-hunting tips for people with disability Job-hunting tips for people with disabilityPosted October 13, 2011, by Andrea RiddellFinding your dream job can be a difficult task, and nailing the job interview can be even harder. This process is more daunting still for those with a disability. Misconceptions and a lack of awareness can mean youre elend even perceived as a viable candidate for the job.When youre looking for a new job, being aware of your rights and keeping a positive attitude will help you to find the ideal position. It pays to be persistent, as working can allow you to utilise your skills and talents, gain financial independence, meet new people, and importantly, help you gain confidence and self-esteem.Know your capabilitiesUnderstanding exactly how your disability affects you will help you to know exactly what kind of support and adjustments you require. Knowing what you need and want out of an employer will help you to be realistic about your abilities.Focus on what you can do, not what you cant. Write a list of all the possible tasks and positions that will fit your unique abilities. Think about your ideal working hours, work environment and colleagues. Understanding your disability will help you identify what kind of workplace you would be best suited to.Know your rightsAs a person with a disability you have no legal obligation to inform your employer about your disability unless it affects your ability to do the job safely. It is considered discrimination for employers not to hire you on the grounds that you have a disability. However, if your disability stops you from performing tasks that are inherent to the position, then you may be deemed unsuitable for the role. An employer is obliged to undertake any necessary adjustments to the workplace and workplace practices in order to accommodate your disability. This could be anything from rearranging the layout of your workstation to changing your starting and finishing times.Understand the po sition and the companyResearch the company and their vision. You want an employer who is an advocate for workplace diversity and disability confident. Try to ascertain whether the employer has a workplace disability policy. Find out exactly what the essential tasks of the position are. Find out about its location. Finding out these facts will help you gauge how you will fit into the company. You will be able to determine whether you will be able to fill the role without any interference from your disability. Researching any potential employer is an important step in the job-hunting process for anyone with or without disability. Knowing how you can specifically benefit the business will definitely impress any prospective employer.Research supportThere are many organisations dedicated to matching people with disability to a suitable employer. Organisations such as The Australian Network on Disability (AND) and Disability WORKS Australia (DWA) provide helpful information and help e mployers recruit people with disability. The Federal Government Job Access site (www.jobaccess.gov.au) has a wealth of information as well as free help services. Utilise any of the support services that are available to you. Many organisations will help to match you with a job that is suitable and an employer who is compassionate.Exude a positive attitudeRadiating a positive attitude during the job-hunting process will help employers see that your disability is not a disadvantage to your work ability and ethic. In fact, you can use your experience of living with disability to demonstrate your resourcefulness, positivity and strength of character. As the Australian Network on Disability says, be confident in your ability as you represent a significant talent schwimmbecken from which employers draw their potential employees. The best employers want to have a workforce which is diverse and which reflects the diverse communities in which they operate.Dont give upIf youre returning t o the workplace after a long hiatus, consider studying a new course to update your skills and regain your confidence. Many universities offer distance education courses, which allow you to study in the comfort of your own home. If youre finding it hard to gain employment, look around for work experience or volunteer positions. These can give you valuable hands-on experience and allow you to network with employers. Finding a job is difficult even for people without disability. Even though each rejection may feel like a personal blow, its important to keep your head and your spirits up. 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Prints Indelible Mark - Part 2

Prints Indelible Mark - Part 2 Prints Indelible Mark - Part 2 Prints Indelible Mark, Part 2Part 1 of Prints Indelible Mark introduced some of the earliest advances in printing. Here are a few mora that, in their own ways, influenced future printing technologies.Twains Blank PaigeThe Paige Compositor, developed between 1872 and 1888 by inventor James W. Paige, welches one of several mechanized typesetting machines vying in the race eventually won by Mergenthalers Linotype machine. The Paige incorporated a mechanical arm to replace the human typesetters skilled hand. However, the complex device required constant adjustments to compensate for its lack of precision, and customers balked. Whatever its mechanical innovations may have been, the Paige is primarily remembered today as a contributing factor in iconic American author Mark Twains creative and financial downfall.A former printer himself, Twain was captivated by the Paiges promise of fast, foolproof typesetting and laid everything he had on the line to help commercialize it. He championed the device and backed its development with most of his fortune as much as $6 million in todays dollars only to be wiped out when the company folded. Twain moved his family to Europe and spent more time on the lucrative lecture circuit than on writing. Ultimately only two Paige compositors were manufactured, one of which was recycled for scrap metal during World War II and the other of which is displayed at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.For You How Artificial Intelligence Transforms Manufacturing Shackletons Nimrod expedition crew work on Aurora Australis, the first book published in Antarctica. Image Wikimedia CommonsCold TypeMarshall McLuhan classifies print as a hot medium. But tell that to the authors of Aurora Australis, the first book published in Antarctica. Written, illustrated, printed and bound by the crew of Ernest Shackletons Nimrod expedition, the book was a make-work project to help the men fend off polar ennui while hunkered in over the long, totally dark winter of 1908 at Cape RoydsonRoss Islandin theMcMurdo Sound. Working in a crowded hut heated with a coal-seal blubber mixture, the crew braved the brutal elements and typical temperatures of minus 72 degrees F to compile 120 pages of articles, fiction, poems, lithographs, and etchings of their adventures. The finished book was bound between covers of venesta, an oak/chestnut wood composite reclaimed from storage boxes brought on the expedition.Complex TypecastingNo mechanical printing technology has endured more derision than the Chinese typewriter. To the Western mind, the very idea is absurd. Pop culture icons from Lisa Simpson to M.C. Hammer have lampooned the notion that a mere machine could reproduce a language built on a complex system of symbols. However, before they were superseded by digital technology, Chinese typewriters were a real thing. Patented in 1946, the Ming Kwai electromechani cal typewriter may have actually inspired todays smartphones. Image Wikimedia CommonsA hefty, mechanically bewildering thing, perhaps, but a thing nonetheless with a degree of sophistication that may have inspired todays smart phones. In 1916, Shanghai-based mechanical engineer Hou-Kun Chow developed what is considered the first Chinese typewriter, a 40-pound hulk with 4,000 characters arranged on a revolving cylinder. While a student at MIT, Chow became interested in American typewriters and grew determined to develop a practical version for use by Chinese businesses. Thirty years later, Lin Yutang obtained a U.S. patent for the Ming Kwai typewriter, a multilingual electromechanical model more or less the same size as a conventional office typewriter of the time. The device was equipped with six character-containing rollers, which could be used one or two at a time to produce a total of 90,000 distinct characters. tischordnung of character radicals and partial characters was based on Lins novel system of categorization. Although a prototype was produced, the typewriter was never commercialized.Typewriters in China were uncommon, usually restricted to institutional use by a government concerned about the spread of information. Many were ultimately destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Most commercial models incorporated a tray of about 2,500 frequently used characters organized in a grid. A selector lever was used to pick out the correct symbol. Once activated, the typewriter mechanism performed a five-step process of selecting, inking, typing, and replacing the character. Many common characters could only be reproduced using multiple keystrokes, complicating the already daunting task of organizing the character grid to facilitate faster typing speeds. Engineers efforts to develop a logic for character location based on usage are believed by some collectors to have influenced modern smartphone features such as predictive text and autocomplete.Michael MacRa e is an independent writer. Read MoreSuper-Fast Lasers Detect Poisonous AirTake a Spin and a Splash on the Hydro BikeHandheld Dronut Brings Drones Indoors For Further Discussion