How do Blind People Find Employment? Or How I learned how to Succeed from Rejection
Blind people want to work too. However, there are many more challenges to finding meaningful employment for those with a disability. I learned the #1 lesson on how to get the job I want when I want from a job interview that I will never forget. The Background I had...
7 Reasons Why Mentorship Programs Enhance Personal and Professional Growth
In a recent post, I discussed the benefits an organizational mentorship program has for those who wish to improve their organizational skills. Below are the benefits. One benefit all organizations have to offer to their members is knowledge and experience. The value...
How do Blind People Choose the Right Cane?
One of the simplest and most useful tools that the vision impaired can utilize in their independence toolbox is the long-white-cane. The key to independence is the ability to travel where and when you want with safety and confidence. And, having the right kind of...
3 Tips For Getting Your Resume Read By Someone Who Can Hire You
When you send in your resume when applying for a job, the odds are it will get thrown away before it is read. Here are 3 tips on how you can avoid this fate and increase your chances for landing a job. One thing hiring managers nearly all agree on is that it is...
How do Blind People Vote?
Hi, my name is John Bailey and I'm "The Blind Guy Who Sees Options." I have been legally blind for most of my life and I know a lot about adapting to new situations. Well, I'm going to tell you about how simple voting is today. Voting can be easy, even if you've got...
How do blind people tell time?
Hi my name is John Bailey and I'm the blind guy who sees options. I'm asked a lot of questions about how blind people (Those with vision impairments) do things. And, one of the most often asked questions is, "How does a blind person tell what time it is?" Well, if...
How can a blind person tell one coin from another?
I'm legally blind. I can see some things, but it's easier to use adaptive techniques of blindness to do a lot of stuff when my lack of visual acuity makes things frustrating. What I'm going to talk about is how a legally blind person( no vision at all) can tell one...
3 Tips for Gaining the Cooperation of Coworkers Become More Productive
How do you gain the cooperation of coworkers when you’re not their boss and resources are scarce? Not every work relationship is depicted in your organization’s “org” chart. If you think about all the people you have to interact with each day to do your work, it would...
7 Reasons Why Mentorship Programs Enhance Membership Growth
One benefit all organizations have to offer to their members is knowledge and experience. The value of this knowledge to the membership comes from sharing it freely. One particularly effective method for passing along this knowledge is via an organizational mentorship...
7 Ways to Create a More Effective Relationship with Coworkers
For most people, getting someone to like you is subconscious and, therefore, subject to chance. But what if you were to become more aware of the friendship building process and could use it more effectively? Couldn’t this ability help you in your professional life?...