I want to thank you for this very short but effective video. I am an amateur radio operator in the United States and I also used to be a member of the Lions Club. I found that in the beginning, volunteering with the amateur radio service was fun and fulfilling but as you pointed out it takes up a great deal of your time including your free time and lead to very bad burn out. I strongly urge anyone going into any form of volunteer service to take this video very seriously. It is a very short message but I cannot stress enough how important this messages.
What about if you and your spouse already work for a government employer and your spouse is called into the office and asked questions about your family life?
Like your video and I do appreciate your thoughts on how to disclose a handicap to a perspective employer. I have a bilateral hearing disability of about 60% that is mostly corrected with hearing aides that I have worn throughout my life. My difficulties is to get others over the fact that I have a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering and my expertise is Lean Engineering which has to do with teaching others the fundamentals of the trade. I can barely get into an interview 30 seconds before I see the reactions of the people interviewing me. The job is lost and they do not have the capacity to get over themselves the fact that I wear hearing aides and have professional experience in my field. Even my professor from my engineering college is at a lost because he knows me and I even changed his mind that deafness does not make one less smart. You confuse me with when should I tell a interviewer or employer that I have a disability that is corrected. I disagree with the statement of not telling the employer of a visual, in my case hearing aides, if one has an obvious clues of a disability. This topic needs to be broken down by typed of disabilities and professions. If I were a truck driver no one would care, but because I will be presented to others as a source of achievement I feel that the hiring manager would be embarrassed to admitting hiring me. Thought or comments?
HI Martha. Happy Christmas! Your video this morning has been very timely. I think the other thing to think about is that at this time of the year, everyone is tired and in need of a holiday away from each other. We've had a year of a lot of 'togetherness' and a break is a good thing. If people are feeling a desire to quit their job, maybe decide to leave the decision until after the New Year when they may be feeling a bit more refreshed. This is a tricky time to be looking for another job too. Most of the job advertisments dry up now and don't start again unitl after late January. Unemployment is no fun as we all know, so timing of decision-making and making changes is very important. Have a great break, Martha. Julie
Great stuff Martha. The way we talk to ourselves makes such a difference in so many ways. Setting achievable goals that have a rewarding payoff is a great way to get started. Getting support from others too is essential so that they don't inadvertently sabotage the plan.
