[acb-hsp] HELP FINDING A JOB IN HUMAN RESOURCES

[Donna Rose]

Hi Peter,

Maybe you could call the people who make Window Eyes and find out whether
Office software is accessible.  I can tell you this as a social worker, most
workplaces have software that they purchase and which often is not
accessible even to JAWS.  It is becoming more of a problem as we continue on
down the road of emerging technologies.  There are lots of not very popular
companies who advertise their software and businesses of all types who buy
it depending on their needs.

While you can't guess which packages each company uses, you can become as
familiar with those which are accessible, such as Office,  and place them on
your resume.  I use JAWS and try to stay up to date on using newer Office
programs so I don't get left behind someday in my job.  I knew how to use
them prior to seeking my last three jobs.  I have used Access and found it
minimally accessible.  I have found Word and Excel to be the most accessible
for me using JAWS.  Perhaps you could research companies on the web to see
what HR software they sell and also find out which might be the most common
so you can try and figure out if there are any access issues with the most
popular types.  The less accessibility issues you have by the time of an
interview the better, because you can then be more confident if you know you
are well prepared.

I fooled around with Window Eyes a time or two and found it very intuitive
after using JAWS.  Maybe you should download a demo of JAWS and try it out
to see if it would be the same for you.  The demo is free and runs in 40
minute mode, so you can check it out.   


Go Bravely,
Donna Rose, LMSW


"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow
confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all
humanity...."--Martin Luther King, Jr.



-----Original Message-----
From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of
Peter Wolfe
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:39 PM
To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] HELP FINDING A JOB IN HUMAN RESOURCES

Dear Peter,


    Thank you for that information but that is not my number one fear
of human resources as a job prospective in my field. I'm more worried
about whether or not Window-Eyes is up to the job or not. Its my
limited naive or non-naive understanding that Window-Eyes isn't up for
the challenge of tackling database driven Access or other softwares
akin to it. Am I or am I not correct in this assessment?

On 1/24/13, Peter Altschul <paltschul at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> The two websites I use to look for HR jobs are
>
> www.shrm.org
>
> for jobs in the private sector and
>
> www.idealist.org
>
> for jobs in the nonprofit sector.
>
> I have never been able to figure out the government process; it's a
> language
> all its own and have never found anyone to help me navigate the USAjobs
> process, especially the KSAs.
>
> You'll probably have to relocate, at least I had to relocate to find a
> decent HR job.
>
> Also, bear in mind the possibility that HR skills can transfer to  other
> fields.
>
> Good luck, Peter
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf
Of
> Peter Wolfe
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:52 PM
> To: acb-hsp at acb.org
> Subject: [acb-hsp] HELP FINDING A JOB IN HUMAN RESOURCES
>
> Dear ACB Human Resources members,
>
>
>     Can you guys share with me resources to obtain a entry level job
> in human resources in the federal government? I recently graduated
> with a bachelors degree cum laude from Auburn University and have had
> it hard to find any meaningful employment in my field. I'm a clientt
> of Vocational Rehabilitation and cannot find the right nitch for my
> credentials especially using Window-Eyes screen reader and my
> relatively rookie experience don't help things either. I've tried out
> the USA Jobs site, state to federal departments, the Work-Force
> Recruitment program and recently the Lion's World IRS training program
> but have heard of the three year long Department of Defense in
> contract management just am not into that sort of thing.
>
>     Any help with this would be greatly appreciated because I'm really
> down and out right now. I'm extremely in need of counseling and
> perhaps training using JAWS screen reader cause of the inherent biased
> in the federal government towards them not Window-Eyes. I have talked
> to my Vocational Rehabilitation counseler and had an opportunity for a
> temporary three month long program for Social Security, etc but that
> isn't what I'm looking for. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatlye
> appreciated on this desperate individual known as myself!
>
>
>
> Thanks and God bless,
> Peter Q Wolfe, BA
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