Hi listers! Sorry for the cross posting but I thought that some of you
might be interested in these articles and job posting.
Eddie
eSight's NetWork News
Wednesday, January 29, 2002
Contents:
*1. Highlight in Career Management Resources:
How to Negotiate Salary and Benefits
When Job Hunting
*2. News Matters:
International Blind News Briefs
*3. New in Blindstorming(tm):
How to Make Sure Disability
Doesn't Block Advancement
*4. New in Profile of a Disability-friendly Company:
The McGraw-Hill Companies
*5. New in Employer Resources:
Don't Squander the Potential
of Your Employees With Disabilities
*6. New in Career Word of the Week: Quiz Yourself!
"Protected Class"
*7. New in eSight Snippets (A through F)
*8. About eSight's NetWork News
Summaries:
*1. Highlight in Career Management Resources:
How to Negotiate Salary and Benefits
When Job Hunting
Salary is not always cast in bronze. Where a strict
salary and benefit structure is not in place, you have
some wiggle room to get the package you want. Here's
how to handle those negotiations.
Brother, can you spare a dime, a 401(k), four weeks
of vacation, and comprehensive health coverage at
http://www.eSightCareers.net/index.cfm?x=495
*2. News Matters:
International Blind News Briefs
Budget cuts, beatings, honors and progress for blind
people: a wrap up of stories from U.S., India,
Pakistan and Vietnam.
Around the world in 80 words at
http://www.eSightCareers.net/index.cfm?x=1216
*3. New in Blindstorming(tm):
How to Make Sure Disability
Doesn't Block Advancement
Tom Titmouse is still a fledgling, still in on-the-job
training, and still a probationary worker with a long
way ahead of him before he can soar.
What steps can Tom take now so his disability does not
become a barrier in getting his first raise or
promotion and does not block his upward flight?
Check http://www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=1054
for some thought starters and then, based on your
experience, offer Tom your advice at
http://www.esight.org/forward.cfm?pid=52.
Is volunteering to "try" a paid position and get your
foot in the door of an organization a good idea?
See how Blindstormers(tm) replied to this topic at
http://www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=1210.
Catch all Blindstorming topics and replies at
http://www.esight.org/blindstorm_view.cfm.
*4. New in Profile of a Disability-friendly Company:
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Consider these public statements about McGraw-Hill's
diversity efforts. Of particular interest may be the
diversity reflected in the profile of McGraw-Hill's
U.S. employees at
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/careers/careers.html.
Check the profile of McGraw Hill as well as
the public statements of 17 other companies at
http://www.esight.org/OverviewByType.cfm?type=profile
*5. New in Employer Resources:
Don't Squander the Potential
of Your Employees With Disabilities
Studies show employees with disabilities are likely to
outshine your other workers. But they can't shine if
you hold them back. These five eSight articles address
the tendency to put the skids on those go-getters.
Don't fence them in at
http://www.eSightCareers.net/index.cfm?x=1211
*6. New in Career Word of the Week: Quiz Yourself!
"Protected Class"
The definition of "protected class" most closely
matches which of the following?
A. Employees who have reached a certain level based on
longevity or other achievement and who may not be
terminated or demoted without cause; similar to
"tenured."
B. Those individual characteristics that an employer
may not base hiring, promotion, firing and other
decisions on -- such as race, gender, disability
etc.
C. Designation of immigration status, work visa or
special status due to worker shortages.
D. Those plant and animal species listed by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as endangered
to various degrees; regulatory requirements for
such species are not applicable to "unprotected
classes."
Find the correct answer and learn more about how
what the "protected class" concept means for you at
http://www.esight.org/glossary_terms_list.cfm.
*7. New in eSight Snippets (A through F)
A. Which were the 10 most-read resources by eSight
Career Network members this week? See them at
http://www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=1215.
B. Number of new members for eSight Careers Network
since January 17: 22. Meet them at
http://www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=1217.
C. eSight's NetWork News (eNN) is looking for
volunteer "foreign correspondents" to help us pull
together the world of disabilities and employment
news from outside the United States. Write to eNN
at [log in to unmask], if you're
interested. Place the word "correspondent" in the
subject line and tell us about you and about the
news resources you have to draw upon.
D. New York City is the location of Careers & the
disAbled Magazine's Career Expo for People With
Disabilities, sponsored by the Association on
Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD). This
largest career event for people with disabilities
is set for March 28, 2003. from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. at The New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave.
(at 34th Street), New York City. Pre-reregister
at http://www.eop.com/exporegistration.html.
Admission is free.
E. You can receive Job Alert, eSight's weekly
e-mail newsletter about descriptions and
links to the new jobs posted on eSight,
by selecting the link "Subscribe or
Unsubscribe to eSight Newsletters" on
eSight's Main Menu. You can also post
jobs that you would like to let other eSight
members know about by selecting the link
"Post a position" at the bottom of the
page titled, "Search eSight's Job Postings",
which you can reach by choosing "eSight's
Job Postings" on the Main Menu.
F. Sample Job Opening Posted on eSight:
Teacher of the Visually Impaired
Location: US-NY-Syracuse
Organization: Syracuse City School District
Description:
The teacher of the visually impaired teaches
students identified by the Committee of Special
Education as needing such services. She or he
is required to write and implement I.E.P goals
related to the visual impairment. This is an
itinerant position within the city, teaching
students from pre-kindergarten through 12th
grade.
Obtain additional information at:
http://www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=685
*8. About eSight's NetWork News
Get the skinny on eSight's NetWork News at
http://www.esight.org/index.cfm?x=407
If you enjoy eSight's NetWork News, please forward it
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